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pra&tced ehefe Medicine?, affirm, chic they have gC* 

 tterally, and with reaibmblegooj fuccefs, ufed thofe 

 remedies to prevent fmootinefs ; but the very lift 

 ye.ir it wasobierved, that where thofe means were 

 bfcdy the bbtf did as much harm, as on the adjoyn- 

 ing Lands, where there Were no fuch Applications 

 m.ide to rhe Seed. And blading being the peri fil- 

 ing of the tender Kernel ,by reafon of a Wind (which 

 from the effeS is fometimes called a red Wind) thai 

 too fharply, and it may be with Tome Venomc 

 breathes on it at its firfi beginning ; I fee no reafon 

 chit fuch Lnfufions or applications fhould be any de- 

 fence, fc£it comes from an outward violence, and 

 thefeforfiit is moft ufually feen, th.it not half a Tree 

 onely, ba|t halt a bough fiiallbe blalled, while the 

 other hap of the fame, that grows by one and the 

 fame nourishment, remains free, found, and well 

 coloured. 



There is a procedure mentioned among Mr. Speeds 

 notes, for Liming Com that carries a good probabi- 

 lity of advantage with it* Firft, The Grain Was 

 fteeped in firong Brine of Salt, th.it would bear an 

 Egge twenty four hours, and then being laid S.S*S. 

 with Lime that is there, was laid a layer of Corn 

 firfi, and then a layer of Lime, and then again a 

 layer of Com, &c the Lime cleaved to the Wheat, 

 and Was fowed on Ground not worth Two (hillings 

 an Acre ; the erfeSt was, That it bare as good a crop 

 of Wheat as ever was feen in ErrgJarJ^ and after- 

 ward three Crops a year of Clover, exceeding good, 

 one whereof was equal in value to a Crop of Wheat: 

 1 his being matter of Fa£t, 1 believe it, as to im- 

 provement by fertility, becaufe the Brine works ve- 

 ly confiderably in fmall proportion, and Lime in this 



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