Improvement of arable Land. 1 3 1 



pends very much upon the Make of the 

 Plough ^ for the better ordering whereof, if 

 the Earth-board does not turn the Turf well, 

 fonie Nail upon it a fmall Piece of Wood, to 

 take the upper Part of the Turf as it rifes on 

 the Earth-board, w^hich will caufe it to fall 

 over with the Grafs Side downwards, and 

 ]ay it fo flat and true, that one can fcarce 

 difcern where the Plough w^ent. In the 

 Ploughing of Fallows, (which is aconfidera- 

 ble Benefit to the Land, and fe\^ Soils will 

 bear more than two or three Crops without 

 it) let your Ground lye all the Winter, fo as 

 the Sheep may eat off w^hat Grafs and Weeds 

 grow on it in Aprils or the Beginning o{ May 5 

 then, as foon as you have done fowing of 

 Corn, begin to plough up your Fallows: This 

 firft Fallowing in mofl Places ought to be ve- 

 ry fhallow, and the Land well turn'd, and 

 kept clofe together 2, for the thinner the Turf 

 is, the (ooner it will dry through and kill 

 the Weeds, efpccially if the Weather be fea- 

 fonable and not too moift : But in fome Pla- 

 ces where there is a very cold Clay, that will 

 not bear Corn well wMthout being expos'J to 

 the Heat of the Sun, it is neceiTary to make 

 the firft Ploughing of the w^hole Depth you 

 defign, that the Ground may be the more ef- 

 feclually warm'd. The fecond Ploughing, 

 w^hich is caird Twi-fallowing, is ufuaily in 

 the Month of June^ when you arc in all 

 Cafes to go your full Depth : This Ploughing 

 is generally performed with the T^^am early 



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