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thirty-three years before the last part of the 

 four hundred acres would receive any dung; 

 and any man, who knows any thing of farm- 

 ing, must allow that, during so long a time, 

 the crops will, on almost any land, become 

 scanty. 



I look upon this calculation to be as near- 

 ly correct as possible, and what has been 

 done, and the only thing that it was in the 

 power of man to do : and I have every rea- 

 son to believe there is not any other part of 

 America, by nature, of so good a quality as 

 this land. Now it is to be observed that 

 the Indian corn crop is very advantageous, 

 as two hundred bushels of dung, or rather 

 good compost (which is much better for 

 corn than dung), would make an acre of very 

 rich fine Indian corn, which is net more thairi 

 four English cart-loads to each acre, as there 

 can be but twelve hundred hills on an acre, 

 and generally only one thousand hills; the 

 hills being six feet asunder in general : and 

 this management will raise a very good crop 

 of corn : but that will not do for wheat, as 

 there is but a very small proportion of the 



