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month of March, or sooner, as the weatheir 

 happens to suit ; and it answers very well ; 

 for it drops through the snow, gets to the 

 soil, and takes root more early. If the 

 clover were to be sown when the summer 

 had set in, the sun would scorch the seed 

 and prevent its growing. The same method 

 is practised on winter crops. 



I am not of opinion that plaster would an- 

 swer so often or so well here as in America : 

 but I doubt not of its being of great service, 

 and especially on turnips, in hot, dry sea- 

 sons. It is said to be of no service near 

 the sea in America. The last summer 

 I was in that country, there were more 

 regular rains than during the preceding ; 

 and I rather supposed that to be the rea- 

 son why I perceived no difference in the 

 parts of the grain-crops to which the plaster 

 was applied. It was a natural conjecture 

 that the plaster would not have been of so 

 much use to the turnip-crop : but that was 

 not the case. 



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