Chap. I. BY M. ROUS S EL. 133 



" In the ground cultivated in the new way, the three beds dunged with 



horfe-dung, yielded. 



Sheaves. 



The firft, 1 165 feet long, dunged with 3 loads, 19 



The fellow to it, not dunged, ■ 15 



The fecond, 1171 feet long, dunged with 2 loads and a half, 18 



The fellow to it, not dunged, . ' ■ 14 



The third, 1183 feet long, dunged with 2 loads, 16 



The fellow to it, not dunged, 13 



The three beds dunged with cow dung, yielded. 



The firft, 868 feet long, and dunged with 2 loads and a half, 16 



The fellow to it, not dunged, • 1 1 



The fecond, likewife 868 feet long, and dunged with 2 loads, 15 



The fellow to it, not dunged, ■ 12 



The third, 874 feet long, and dunged with one load and a half, 14 



The fellow to it, not dunged, • i?- 



The three beds dunged with Iheep's dung, yielded, 



The firft, 842 feet long, and dunged with 2 loads, i? 



The fellow to it, not dunged, • ■ ' 10 



The fecond, 858 feet long, and dunged with i load and a half, 15 



The fellow to it, not dunged, — — i ^ 



The third, alfo 838 feet long, and dunged with 1 load, — • 14 



The fellow to it, not dunged, — 10 



The eight beds which had been folded, two of which were 



1171 feet long, three 1177, ^"^ ^^""^^ "83, produced in all, 142 



This is near 18 flieavcs apiece. 



The 67 other beds, uhich had not been dunged, produced in all S14 



This is fomewhat more than 12 iheaves apiece. — — 



Total produce of the 12 acres cultivated in the new way - Sheaves 1208 



The 12 acres fowed in the common broad-caft way, after having been 

 well folded all over, produced Sheaves 1S20 



" Thefe fadls {hew the advantage of dunging in this manner. It 

 is plain that the beft dung is that of fheep, and that it is more 

 profitable when laid under furrow, than when it is fpread upon the 

 furface of the ground by folding. 



" I.-, proportion to the produtl of the bed 842 feet long, which 

 was dunged with two loada of fheep's dung, and produced 1 7 fheaves ; 



the 



