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on the hills with afhes. The corn that was manured with 

 aihes, and that with marl, took the ftart immediately in colour 

 and bignefs, and continued the fame, until the fetting of the 

 ears : A drought fetting in, made the leaves of the corn twill 

 and wither up very much j that which had the marl on it, 

 began to curl a week fooner than any of the reft : that that 

 had both kinds of manure and the afhes on it, were next. 

 The ground which had the manure from the barn, was 

 fcarcely affected with the drought, and the ears were larger 

 than any of the reft. I think I put too much marl on 

 the ground. After the corn was colleded, the ftalks were 

 pulled out of the ground by the roots, and flung in large 

 heaps to rot ; then harrowed the ground well, and ploughed 

 the fame about eight inches deep ; about one deeper than it 

 had ever been before. The 1 5th of October, fowed the ground 

 with wheat — damaged in the fpring with the drought before 

 hinted at in April and May, retaining a dark blue colour, 

 efpecially the wheat on the marled ground much better than 

 any of the reft ; about fixteen bufhels per acre return. The 

 remaining part of the ground marled was about four acres ; 

 broke it up in the beginning of June 1792 ; ploughed it four 

 times in the courfe of the feafon, committed the feed about the 

 26th of September (the blue grafs not properly fubdued) the 

 whole of it would have laid down, had it not been for the 

 drought in May laft mentioned, which kept it near two weeks 

 |rom growing fcarcely any, fo that about only the one-fouytl^ 



