On Cakarioui and Gyhfious Earths. 33 ■ 



the Gyfjum and fhells, gained. upon both. The afhed corn tiirnedi 

 yellow, and that which was dunged was neither fo large nor 

 fo) well loaded, nor of fo deep a green as that drclicd with 

 Gypjum or fiiells. 



■ On another field of fix acres treated in the fame riiah'ner {the 

 foil being fomewHat betttrj being a light loaiii upon'' a day 

 bottom, I could perceive no difference between the cOrn pro- 

 duced by thefe manures. The Gypfum and fliells were how- 

 ever put to the fevereft trial, as they flood on the top of a 

 ridgb, while the 'others' (from which miracles were not eXp^ded) 

 occupied the flat ground below. ; 



Th£ third expcrinieht'W^s'ori i toam inclining to-day, three 

 acres was dunged with ftable dung, put as ufual in the hills; 

 three were dreffed as above with Gypjmn; two rows were left 

 !h"the middle bT th"efe\\fithout'manurri, arid 'three ^Iv^ere treated 

 -with" wood afhes, half a pint to a hill." TMt' Without' manure 

 was fo pinched'with drolVght as to yield noththg- the afiVed 

 rows were inferior by half in the fize of the ears, and the 

 general yield; the dunged' part was good, but flill fell far fhort 

 ^fithat which was treated: with Gyfifurn. 



'"'"' ■ ' No. 13. -Flax. 



[1791, 20th May.] I VIEWED a!' piece of flax, about half an 

 acre, fown by a poor tenant, very injudicioufly, on a dry fandy 

 declivity : it looked (as 'might be expecled) extremely fickly ; 



