" Much, perhaps, may depend on the 

 " quality of the foil to be manured. A large 

 " quantity of long dung would, perhaps, for 

 " ftiff cold land be better than a finaller 

 " quantity of fhort. But perhaps, for a 

 " loamy foil, {hort dung is the befL" 



To avoid two extremes, I would recom- 

 mend one half of the flraw to be eaten, and 

 the other ufed for litter. 



From all this it may be obferved, that thofe 

 who keep old grafs too long are hurting 

 themfelves, and hindering that great increafc 

 of produce, which would prevent importa- 

 tion. 



Let any intelligent farmer make a calcula- 

 tion of the profits upon the different crops in 

 a moderate way, he will foon fee, that the 

 old grafs, broke up for five years, will pro- 

 duce more profit during the five years in 

 tillage, and one or two in hay, than is gene- 

 rally made upon four farms of the fame ex- 

 tent of ground wholly in tillage ; yea, in ma- 

 ny places, than upon ten farms, for the fame 

 number of years. 



But to return. The method of cropping 

 propofed is, the fourth year after wheat, a 

 gree;n crop of beans, or mixture of peas, in 



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