Improvement of arahle Land, i g 5 

 Teams at liberty, give a Chaiking, and a 

 Winter Fallow ; no matter which of them 

 you do firft •, tho' perhaps Ploughing may be 

 Left, becaufe Chalking may be done in frofty 

 Weather, when Ploughing can*t : Here let it 

 lie as rough as you pleafe for the Winter, to 

 mollify the Clods, and to help and reduce the 

 Chalk Stones. And here I muft remark,that the 

 Chalking of any Land, is better at MkhaeU 

 mas than in the Spring Qtiarcer ,• for the Dry- 

 nefs of the Summer, is apt to fet the Chalk fo 

 Ijjird, that it will not eafily diflblve. This 

 way of Chalking, is, however, an excellent 

 Manure for all four, furly Lands, nothing in 

 Nature of Improvements being fweeter ; and 

 as it is alfo Heating, it will ftill add a Warmth 

 tothefeKind of Lands. But, to proceed, here 

 let it lie till Spring, at which time plough it 

 crofs-ways, and this will tumble and mix the 

 Chalk and Earth together 5 the Chalk will by 

 the fevere Winter Frofls be (haken to pieces, 

 but if it be a violent ftubborn Clay, which 

 the Owner may readily perceive, I (hould 

 not advife his thinking of Planting, or Sow- 

 ing it this Spring, but let it lie fallow like- 

 wife the Summer, left by endeavouring to 

 crop it (tho* it be with Beans, Peafe, Tur- 

 nips, c^r.) it return to its firft Nature ; but 

 if you ihould think proper to crop, you muft 

 Plough it a third time in March : However, 

 I rather advife the letting it be low, till 

 the Showers reduce it into a better Tem^ 

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