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not a greater Sweetner of four Land than it, 

 be they either natural Clays or Grounds that 

 have by other Means contrafted a Souernefs 

 and Aufterity, let it happen by Water ftand- 

 ing long thereon, or for want of Tillage and 

 Expofure to the Air^ all which are- of ill 

 Confequence to both Sorts of Landso In all 

 Meadow Grounds, then the Husbandman may 

 look out for four Patches, from whi^h few 

 are free, and by fowing by Hand a little Malti 

 Duft, it will fweeten them, and alfo alli 

 low Places where the Grafs is coarfe and^ 

 apt to four by Waters (landing thereon. 

 There is no manner of Meadow Landj 

 but if it be lightly ftrow'd over with it, but 

 Will improve ; and, were it to be procured 

 in Quantities, a Husbandman would fcarce 

 think of any other Superficial Dreffings, 

 Wood and Stubble or Straw Allies are indeed 

 good, but no ways to be compar'd with Malt 

 Duft. About 40 or jo Burfiels will do an 

 Acre very welJ, but it muft be fow*d, and 

 mix'd with a heavy Earth to keep it from 

 blowing away, or, if poffible, juft before a 

 fhower of Rain, that the Goodnefs of it may- 

 be wafh'd in, elfe the husky Winds will carry 

 it away, and render it ineffeftuaU Lafl of 

 all, there is not a better Superficial Cover or 

 Drefs than Malt Duft for Corn, and efpecially 

 Early participating of its own Nature in the 

 Diflblution of the Salts of the Earth, and 

 conveying them again from the Matrix of 



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