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forty bushels. J should not suppose, that the 

 burning cost me more than jive dollars ; and 

 there they were upon the spot, in the very field, 

 where they were used. As to their effect, I 

 used them for the transplanted Ruta Baga and 

 Mangel Wurzel, and they produced full as 

 great an effect as the yard -dung used on the 

 same land. This process of burning earth into 

 ashes, without suffering the smoke to escape, 

 during any part of the process, is a discovery 

 of Irish origin. It was pointed out to me by 

 Mr. WILLIAM GAUNTLETT of Winchester, late 

 a Commissary with the army in Spain. To 

 this gentleman 1 also owe, England owes, and I 

 hope America will owe, the best sort of hogs, 

 that are, I believe, in the world. I was wholly 

 unacquainted with Mr. GAUNTLETT, till the 

 summer of 1815, when, happening to pass by 

 my farm, he saw my hogs, cows, &c. and, when 

 he came to my house he called, and told me, 

 that he had observed, that I wanted only a good 

 sort of hogs, to make my stock complete. I 

 thought, that 1 already had the finest in Eng 

 land ; and 1 certainly had a very fine breed, the 

 father of which, with legs not more than about 

 six inches long, weighed, when he was killed, 

 twenty-seven score, according to our Hampshire 

 mode of stating hog-meat weight ; or, five hun 

 dred and forty pounds. This breed has been 

 fashioned by Mr. WOODS of Woodmancut in 



