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hungry land. When hollow ditched, arid 

 greatly manured, it yields any thing ; bat 

 thofe who hire it fhould forget neither of 

 thefe expences. It turns to the bcft profit 

 laid down to grafs. 



The gravelly foils are numerous in their 

 kind, and very different in their natures. 

 Warm, dry, found gravelly loams, are 

 eafily diftinguifhed in winter : They admit 

 ploughing all winter through, except in 

 very wet times ; always break up quite in 

 a crumbly ftate of running moulds ; and if 

 a Hubble, will dig, on trial by the fpade, 

 in the fame manner. If under turnips, 

 you may perceive, by walking through 

 them, that it will bear their being fed off. 

 This foil will pay well for manuring, but 

 will anfwer very well in a good eourfe of 

 management, without any. 



The wet, cold, fpringy gravel is a very 

 bad foil ; it is known, in winter, by the 

 wetnefs of it ; and in fpring, by its binding 

 with hafty mowers : It never breaks up 

 in a crumbly ftate, nor mews a meliowncis 

 under the fpade. Hollow drains greatly 

 correct its ill qualities, but it requires a 

 B 4 prodigious 



