tmfrt'Vement cf W-iwle tand. r ^ ^ 

 the Earth, into tlie.^ Staiy-Aird Frame oC 

 the Corn. A prudent l^ai'iii^r will then b^^ 

 rTomean$ ohlit tbcolleft froni his Malftfers'all; 

 the Malt Duft he can 5 and, if he is at 14, ij-. 

 ori6 Shillings an Acte E)^{:^eti^eiti dreffl'ng^ 

 if, he will by no means re-perit of his Charge;! 

 And this amongft all my Superficial Dreffirigi 

 of Land, is what I call (l^o.'ijO and is bet- 

 ter than the ufnal way of giving it to Hogs, 

 which is apt to breed the Mingc* 



S E C T I O N IX. 



Of the Superficial DreJJing of Land hy Sea* 



^■'^ z^' ^^■ sand. 



TT is Matter of flirprifing Obfervation, that 

 X Sea-Sand, foeafy to be got^ (houldhave. 

 .; been no more made ufe of, efpccjally;^ 

 after Hwts given fo long ago of its Ufeful-J 

 nefs, and particularly by my Lord VeruUni 

 in his Natural hiftory. *Tis firange that 

 it is not better underftood or praftic*d on' 

 the South Coafts of Hampfh/rCy Sfijfex and' 

 Kefft^ or indeed in other more Northern 

 Countries. T)evonJhire feems to be the 

 Place where it is beft known and us'd^ 

 that Country, containing the moft Indu- 

 ftrious and Laborious of all others in the 

 Arts of Husbandry that are \n England: V 



P 2 may 



