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Sand, add thereto the fame Quantity of Lime 

 to ballance the Vigour of their Heat, Thi^ 

 being carried out in Majy^ and laid in a Le- 

 ftal, and turn'd over once of twice in the 

 Summer, will be an excellent Manure by 

 the time you have occafion to ufe this for 

 Wheat. 



On the contrary, in cold Land and {hallow, 

 two Loads of Dung, one of Coal Alhes, 

 or Sand, one of natural Mold, and one of 

 finall Ghalk. And here always obferve, that 

 the oftner you Dung Clayey Land, and the 

 lefs you lay in Proportion, is the better ,• for 

 that greedy Clays foon eat the Dung out, or 

 binds it, fo that Yis of no ufe, and fliould for 

 that reafon be always laid on in the beginning 

 of Winter, and when the Ground is fallow^ 

 that the Dung and Earth may mix and incor- 

 porate together, and be the fitter for ufc ia 

 tlj9 Spring Crop. 



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