1 5 8 Of the Management^ and 



as the Plough will of courfebury them. And 

 this makes our Burnt-Bakers in BampJIdire 

 ule the Method of Rafter- Ploughmg in all 

 theu' lightilh Lands, which would on the 

 fame Places, and for the fame Reafons be ^ 

 goqd Me hod for all fpirituous Manures ; 2\\ 

 our Improvements in the Field,as well as Gar- 

 den,having been by miflakc always buried too 

 deep. 'lis true, thefe Dreffings are to be 

 repeated once in two or three Years at moft 5 

 but then we muft ohferve that the lefs will 

 ferve. That Sand is the bed which is moft 

 niix*d with Sea Shells, and will laft much 

 longer, and if they are not in fmall Pieces, 

 they fhould be broke with' a Pounder: If 

 after all this the Sand were mix*d w ith Mold, 

 Pond Earth, &c. it would ftill b€ the better^ 

 efpecially in light, lliallow Lands, where 

 Depth is required, and where the fiery Heat 

 snd Salinity of the Sand is in any Danger of 

 doing Hurt, Lands thus manur'd on the 

 Top, will throw out double the Crop they 

 w^ould have done, had this not been praftic'd^ 

 and the fma!lne(s of the Expence will encou- 

 rage any body, efpecially our Gentleman 

 Farmer in his beloved ViiUy to attempt an Im- 

 provement of this Kind, when to it is added, 

 that Water Carriage being every way cheaper 

 and much better improved, I can\ fee why 

 Sea Sand may nor be procured in many of our 

 In-land Count) s very much to their Be- 

 pefitj and after two or three Crops have been 



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