T.J SCARIFY LAXDS. 46$ 



it will wash into turf; because, by that time, it 

 lo<rs its virtue at a great rate, and, while in full fer- 

 mentation, it is of such great utility to all land. 

 There are man Sneuris for dilrig, or at least 



*<r making it go much farther on grass than on 

 arable : the proper composts are chalk, clay, turf, 

 ditch-earth, pond-mud, lime, ashes, soot, with some 

 dung; all, or some of these mixed together, will be 

 in order for spreading on grass lands, and will be 

 highly sufficient to keep them in great heart, with 

 but a small quantity of dung. The end of this 

 month is a proper season for carrying such composts 

 on : lay about 15 or 20 yards an acre. It is difficult 

 to over-manure arable lands, but very easily done on 

 grass ; because large quantities do not wash in quick 

 enough. Let the compost heaps be spread very re- 

 gularly. A good farmer will manage to give his pas- 

 tures, unless they are very rich, a dressing of com- 

 post every four years. Always add a pound of com- 

 mon salt to every cubic yard of compost, sprinkled in 

 in turning over; 



SCARIFY GRASS LANDS. 



Scarifying grass is a new practice of some ingenious 

 gentlemen, but not yet become common husbandry. 

 It consists in cutting the turf with a plough of coul- 

 ters, or with a ploughing harrow : so that the sur- 

 face may all be cut or torn : this operation is on prin- 

 ciples directly contrary to the common idea of rolling 

 in autumn, which is done with design not only of 

 levelling for the scythe, but also of pressing the sur- 

 face as niuch as possible, for which the heaviest rol- 



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