82 AGRICULTURAL WRITERS. 



%o ADifco'^crieof 



Icxhiuihaz/.aidagooJ wager upon ir, which fliall 

 be eqiiali/cd , an J the queilion {nail he determined 

 bythci;rcatclt, viz. experience which adimucth 

 noiinpoiliire ^ yet I could advilc inv belt hicncis 

 that io\ c to trie cx[X'nence to ipcn J their money, 

 tunc, and ikudic upon Improvenients in Hu^ban- 

 dnc, being wDrkcs more ccrtamc^and more pro* 

 tiuble. 



Ohjeclto^, III. 



\Vc muft needs confclTe that barrennefle in- 

 cicalcth l)y the uruall pradtife u\ Husbandry at thii 

 tlay, and by the two waves alledgcd bv V(hi in your 

 Bookc, viz. Ill It, by the carrying of the fheene 

 fronulie Commons with their tiill bellies intotne 

 Folds, whereby the Qiic ground is impoverifh- 

 cd toinnchtiieother-, and this we conceive nuy 

 be cured by your new Inventions^ tor proy iding of 

 imnure wiucii wa> neglected before ; fecoiuHy, 

 the Land is much impovenflKd by great Land- 

 flouJs, wjiiclicarrya wonderfull quaiititie of fat- 

 iiclle yea: ely into the Sea, but how this fliould be 

 remedied we know not ^ we mult needs" confeife 

 that your InvcuLioiis for the providing of manure 

 more then before, are excellent gcx)d aud profi- 

 table for the general! good, and will withstand the 

 barreuaeire much Jo that u will not mcreafe fo 

 faftas It ehd before; yet we conceive tlwt barren- 

 nelFe will Itillmcreaic, though more flowly :, for all 

 your multiplications of manure will not equalize, 

 much lelTe overmatch the fatneilc carried yearely 

 by Land-doudi mto the Sea, 



A page from Gabriel Piaffes' " Discovery of Treasiire.'' 



