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ten caft behind in their Affairs, and a great 

 deal of their Lands uncultivated, which this 

 fuperficial way of Dreffing does amply, fup** 

 ply^^aod wherein the Husbandman has neither 

 time nor opportunity to Dung and Manure 

 his Ground afta^the commoa Method ^ thefe 

 will fupply the Defeft, and that with a very 

 !irfteE\-pence.^Thefe Superficial Dreffmgs 

 are of feveral different Kinds, which having 

 no% as yet bxeadravvn into Order or Methojd 

 ty any of our Ruftick Authors,! fliall take care 

 to do it, and t^ range them under their fe- 

 vera i Numbers and Denominations, as they 

 ftrve for the Service and Improvement of 

 Vegetation : And the firft I fhall mention is^ 

 the Folding of Sheep on -Ground already 

 fow'd 5 and this is commonly the Cafe iri 

 Wheat that has not been dunged or otherways 

 manured : for this Folding of Sheep faftens 

 the Earth clofe to the Roots of the Corn, and 

 at'-tbe fame time by their Dung and Urine 

 improving the Ear-th, and by their Heat keep- 

 ing if warm, may:be reckoned amongft one of 

 our beil Superficial Improven^ents $ but this 

 being a kind of Nauiral Imptovemenr, and 

 fuch as is very v/ell known to every Country 

 Hind- and Shephetd, I have the left occafion 

 to enlarge on it, v/hen I have obferv'd that 

 thefe Foldings are proper tO'be ufed chiefly on 

 Wheat^ during the Months of November and 

 December^ or in fine Weather in January^ 

 fetruary or J^d^rchi for, tho" the £heep will 



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