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the clay is very ftiff, and of fo adhefive a 

 nature as to contain the water like a difh : 

 It is likewife probable, that draining of 

 every kind will prove infufficient to cure 

 the natural evil of ftich land. This kind of 

 foil, likewife, mews itfelf in the breaking 

 up of ftubbles for a fallow ; a very ftrong 

 draught of cattle is then neceflary to work 

 it. It breaks up in vaft pieces, almoft as 

 hard as iron. When it is worked fine, it 

 will run like mortar, with a heavy fpring or 

 fummer fhower. Thefe foils will yield very 

 great crops of beans, and wheat, &c. They 

 muft, like others, be cultivated by fome 

 body ; but I would advife every friend of 

 mine to have nothing to do with them; 

 never to be captivated with feeing large 

 crops upon the land ; for he does not fee, 

 at the fame time, the expences at which 

 they are raifed. 



I do not, in mentioning this foil, any 

 more than the reft, notice the weeds they 

 produce : I have never found that fign 

 worth a groat. For the different manage- 

 ment of farmers, the purchafe of feed, the 

 change of manures, &c. &c. all confound 



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