Imprcvenient cf arable Land. 135 



in feme wafre lav^ing Place ail the Summed 

 Months, to correft and fweetcn it, as aforc- 

 faid ; and that 'lis not theQi-iantity of Grolsi 

 but the Qiiality of the raoft refined Juice, 

 that is moflc proper for the ProJuftons of 

 Nature. Bar 1 am infenfibly carried into the 

 Garden, I therefore return to obferve, that 

 this Way of fallowing is more particularly- 

 beneficial to all lumpy, heavy Lands 5 and 

 thofe Perfons that have a great deal of that 

 Work to do, Ihou'd firft begin on their 

 coldeft, heavieft Lands, and afterwards pro- 

 ceed to thofe that are lighrer *^ and, indeed, 

 whereas cold heavy Lands lliould be thus 

 expos'd for three or four Monihs, half the 

 Time v;ill ferve for lighter, and fome Earths 

 are by Nature fo 'tradable, that they require 

 no fi^iUowing at all. 



It may be thought, that what I have been 

 here advancing, may contradift what 1 have 

 faid in the firft Volume, in relation to the 

 mixing and fpreading of Dung and Compoft 

 over Lands, becaufe the Sun is apt to exhale 

 the Juices thereof 5 but my Arguments on this 

 Subjeft, relate chiefly to ftrong Lands ; and, 

 as lor Mixtures, or Dung, fimply confidercd, 

 fuch an Expofure Vvould be very prejudicial^ 

 becaufe the Contexture of the Earth is fuch, 

 •that it will not retain th.e Jaice fo well as 

 ftrong Land will and will be, by the attra- 

 ctive Heat of the Sun,very much emaciated or 

 dried up, notwitbftanding the. nofturnal Di- 

 L 4. miffioa 



