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ought to be the bufmefs of the good huf- 

 bandman to attend particularly to this ob- 

 ject j becaufe, by the judicious fpreading of 

 the manure, he infures good crops on the 

 worft lands, and it is the having bad crops that 

 ruin fo many farmers ; they had much better 

 have none, and let the land lie fallow -, for 

 then they would fave the expences > and I 

 have obferved, throughout every branch of 

 agriculture, that a partial faving in expences, 

 oftentimes, and indeed generally, renders 

 all that is fpent ufelefs: it is therefore of the 

 highefl confequence to be able to go through 

 \vith a work without abating in expence. 

 If you have ploughed, drained, prepared 

 fine feed, and feen to every circumftance on 

 land that requires manuring, if that alfo is 

 not added, the reft will probably be thrown 

 away. In manuring, I have never found 

 any fort that was near fo beneficial as the 

 mixture of my marly earth with dung, in 

 the manner I before mentioned : I have 

 fpread the marl alone in large quantities, 

 but with very little effect j I have burnt a 

 large quantity of peat to afhes, and fpread 

 them for various crops, but with no effect: ; 

 1 have alfo remarked the places where the 



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