178 PARING AND BURNING. [MARCH. 



face arid the clay marie, and burnt the whole fur- 

 row of the part so ploughed. Having no coal- 

 slack, and wood being dear, he made but four 

 heaps in the field ; the consequence was, the heal 

 and degree of calcination were far beyond what i< 

 ever practised in common, and many persons whc 

 knew and approved of paring and burning in th< 

 common way, pronounced the field completely 

 ruined. The ashes were spread, and ploughed ii 

 with a shallow furrow, and turnip-seed sown, am 

 very slightly bush -bar rowed. The crop was vei 

 fine, worth, to sell for feeding on the land, at leas 

 50s. an acre. The crop on the burnt part doubl 

 to that of the half acre. 



After feeding them with sheep, the land \v 

 ploughed thrice, and sown with oats and grasses. 

 The oats produced above 7 quarters an acre, am 

 the grass has ever since been much better worth 

 20s. an acre, than it was worth 5s. before. The 

 oats on the half-acre were not threshed separately 

 but judged by those who viewed them, to be mu< 

 inferior to the rest. About half the field has beei 

 since dressed with earth and road sullage, and on< 

 dunged slightly. It is remarkable, that in thn 

 years crested dog's tail, an excellent grass, comm< 

 in the country, the seed heavy, and which, there- 

 fore, could not be carried by the wind, began t< 

 appear, and has been increasing ever since. Thei 

 is at present no perceptible difference between the 

 part burnt, and the other not burnt ; if any thing, 

 the burnt is best. These two experiments prove, 



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