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and double the quantity on No. i and 2, of that on No. 3. 

 After harveft, the rye-ftubble was ploughed, and fowed 

 with buck-wheat, when a ftriking difference was ftill ob- 

 fervable in favour of the gypfum, and which continues In 

 the prefent crop of Indian corn. 



2. In April 1787, I fowed three acres of potatoe ground, 

 (a light loam), with barley and clover. Juft as the barley 

 was above ground, fome gypfum was ftrewed diagonally a- 

 crofs the field, about eight feet wide. Little or no differ- 

 ence could be obferved in the barley ; but in the month of 

 September following, there was a ftriking difference in the 

 clover, in favour of the manure, which would have afforded 

 a good crop of hay, whilft the remainder of the field was 

 but IndifF^rent. I have frequently put gypfum upon grain, 

 ■without obferving any immediate difference in the appearance 

 of the crops. 



3. In April 1786, fix acres of poor ifinglafs foil, fituated 

 on German-Town hill, were fowed with oats, the ground 

 not having been manured for twenty years ; it produced a 

 crop not paying expences. In April 1787, one half of the 

 field was covered with gypfum, fix bufhels to the acre. The 

 latter end of the fame fummer, that part on which the ma- 

 nure had been put, produced good pafture of blue glafs and 

 white clover, whilfl the remainder afforded little but a few 

 fcattered weeds. In 0£lober, the field was ploughed once, 

 and fowed with rye , at harvefl, the former produced tert 

 bufhels to the acre, the latter not above five. 



4. A field of fifteen acres, a light loam, was, in April 

 1784, fowed with barley and clover, the produce only twen- 

 ty bufhels to the acre, the ground not having been fuffici- 

 ently manured. In 1785, It produced a good firft, and a 

 tolerable fecond crop of clover. In 1786, the firfl crop but 

 tolerable ; the fecond very Indifferent, and therefore paflur- 

 cd. In the fpring 1787, I wifhed to try if gypfum would 

 not renew the clover. In the month of April, the whole 

 field was covered with gypfum, fix bufhels to the acre, ex- 

 cept the width of twenty feet, through the middle of the 

 field. St. John's wort, muUain, and other weeds had tak- 

 en fuch poflefhon of the ground, that, although the manure 

 produced a great luxuriance of grafs, yet, being full of 

 weeds, it did not anfwer for hay ; and therefore was paf- 

 lured until Oftober 1788 : The whole was then ploughed 



