Improziement of arable Land. 1 6^ 



and Oats, becaiife this Ground being by Na- 

 ture very rich (too rich indeed for Corn, and 

 would make it run all to Straw) the Gar- 

 den Crops will draw off the fuperabundant 

 Luxury thereof^ and make it m*ore fit for the 

 other Produfts of Corn* 



But as thefe Grounds as well as others will 

 decay, fome in five or fix, and others in fe- 

 ven, eight or nine Years, *tis reafonable to 

 give then fome Reft, or fome Manure. Tlie 

 Manures that are proper for them, and which 

 will naturally impart a Blackiflinels. are 

 Dungs well tempered, mix'd and blended with 

 Earth, of a pretty equal Temper, not too 

 hot nor too cold 5 after the following Man- 

 ner, one Load of rotten Horfe Dung, a quar- 

 ter of a Load of Lime, a quarter of a Load of 

 Pidgeon and Sheep*s Dung, a quarter of a 

 Load of Cow*s Dung, and a quarter of a 

 Load of Sea Sand, half a Load of Mark, and 

 half a Load of fmall Chalk, if they are to be 

 had, or Chalk and Marie mix'd together are 

 very good, or Chalk or Marie feparate, a- 

 bout I GO Load of the firft, and 70 of the laft^ 

 for that Marie us'd in too great abundance, 

 will be of ill Confequence to thefe Kinds of 

 Lands, as making them too luxurious, which 

 would be, and is a great Fault in all Lands, 

 as too lean making every thing that grows vck 

 it, run all to Hawm 5 and tho' it may feem a 

 kind of a Paradox, yet, I dare affirm, there 

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