1 3^ Of the Management^ and 

 miffionof Dews, &c. And I have the Au- 

 thority of my Lord VernUm on my fide in 

 this Matter (/^^/. 145. Of his Natural Hijfo- 

 ry) where he advifeth the not fpreading Dung 

 and Compoft over Lands, till juft before 

 they are ploughed. I have been the more 

 particular on this, becaufe I have obferv'd, 

 the Farmers in many Countries fpread it, or, 

 at leaft, lay it in little fmall heaps on their 

 Fields, perhaps five or ten Weeks before they 

 plough it in 5 but this will be more proper 

 to fpeak to hereafter. 



It would beneedlefs for me to fay much as 

 to the Inftrumcnts with which this Work is 

 done, as Ploughs and other Utenfils, they 

 being already well known to moft Rufticks; 

 and, befides, the fame is already done to my 

 Hand by Mr. Mortimer in his laborious CoUe^ 

 {lions on Husiandrj^ 



SECTION in. 



Of Winter Fallowing. 



TH E next Natural Improvement I (hall 

 mention is Winter-Fallowing, which 

 in coJd, heavy Lands, is as eflential as the 

 Summer Fallow, and the Refult is much the 

 fame 5 the Sharpnefs of the Air in a frofty 

 Winter meliorating the Ground, as much as 

 ^" ■" ' ' ^ the 



