Improvement of arable Land. 23 5 



great Improvement, and is a very ancient 

 Piece of Hufbandry, as we are informed by 

 Xenophon^ Pindar^ &€. In fome Parts of 

 England the Farmers fallow their Land afr 

 ter they have taken two Crops, the firft of 

 Wheat, and the fecond of Peafe : In Staf- 

 fordfnre it is a frequent Praftice to give 

 their Lands a Winter Fallowing, befides the 

 three Summer Fallowings, and to lay their 

 Land up in Ridges when they fow Barley, 

 which feems to be the Method mentioned by 

 VirgiL 



The greedy Villager likes he?i that Mould, 

 Which twice has felt the Sun, and twice the 

 Cold. 



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