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the natural conne&ian between weeds and 

 foil. 



The next kind of ftiff foil I (hall men- 

 tion is the mouldering, crumbling clay ; 

 which is, of all other foils, the beft. If 

 you obferve a field of this land in winter, 

 it will lie perfectly dry, if well ploughed 

 an4 water-furrowed. You may walk 

 over a winter fallow, or wheat field of it, 

 foon after rain, without adhering to your 

 fhoes, and may eafily pufh it about, like 

 garden moulds, with the foot. It will 

 bear ploughing much earlier in fpring, than 

 any other ftiff foil. If you view a ftubble 

 of it, you will find with a fpade, that it 

 will break up loofe and mellow. Any 

 drains take full effect on this foil, and will, 

 if ever fo wet, lay it perfectly dry: At the 

 fame time, it does not run to mortar with 

 fudden rains. Whenever a farmer meets 

 with fuch a foil as this, it is of no confe- 

 quence to enquire what crops it has yielded, 

 or any fuch circumftances : He may depend 

 on its bearing plenty of corn, with good 

 management. If it has been defective, it 

 muft infallibly be owing to a wrong method 



of culture. A flat fituation is, to all ftifF 



B 3 foils. 



