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whole confifts only in keeping a certain por- 

 tion of every farm in grafs, another in corns, 

 and another in fallow. 



By purfuing this fcheme, when once the 

 proportions are univerfally laid down and 

 determined, we could always enfure plenty 

 of corn and grafs, in ordinary feafons ; as in- 

 deed there are few but what would be fit ei- 

 ther for the one or the other; and thofe very 

 dry feafons, which are bad for both would 

 be beft for fallow. The wet feafons are bell 

 for grafs. * 



The many different fchemes from time to 

 time introduced into the agriculture of Bri- 

 tain, under the name of improvements, afford 

 another, and a very fir iking proof, that this 

 art is not properly underflood among us at 

 prefent. Whenever a fcience is brought to 

 any degree of perfection, the methods of 

 working are pretty generally the fame. 



The Jews were, by divine wifdom all tied 

 down to one general rule with regard to their 

 lands, and that without the finallefl excep- 

 tion ; namely, to allow the foil to reft every 

 feventh year without being fown. Their o- 

 bedience to the divine command was reward- 

 ed by fuch plenty during the other fix years, 



that 



