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a Spit deep in the bottom of the Furrow 

 where the Plow hath gone, which they caft 

 or lay upon the Ridge of Earth, which the 

 Plow firft threw up; then follows the next 

 Turn of the Plow, but that which then caft 

 up is thrown into the Trench, the Men left 

 to fill it again : Then the Men, as before, ftill 

 follow the Plow, and dig or caft out of this 

 Second Furrow another Spade's Depth of 

 Sand or Earth, Vvhich they caft, or the Se- 

 cond Ridge of Sand or Earth the Plow has 

 caft up 5 and fo on to the Third, Fourth, or 

 Fifth Ridge 5 the Del vers following the Plow, 

 and the Plow them, during the whoje Day's 

 Work 5 by which you may perceive, that 

 the upper Earth or Sand, or as we call it, the 

 Turfi-lpit is buried, and the undermoft or 

 frefh Sand laid uppernioft 5 and this is the 

 Rule we may follow in any thing relating 

 to Gardening or Planting, tho' there is no 

 Occafion of fo much Trouble in Relation to 

 Corn Land ; but in this we ought by no 

 means to go too deep, becaufe (not with- 

 ftanding what has been here mentioned) the 

 deeper you go, the poorer your Sand or 

 Earth is ,• and I have feen Trenching 2 or 3 

 Spit has brought up fo barren, that for fome 

 Years new planted Trees would not thrive 

 therein. But, to go on with our Narration 

 of Soils, 't s evident, that as much Rain and 

 Wet is the Caufe of Unfruitfulnefs in hollow, 

 hungry Sands 5 fo likewife is Drought, for 



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