1 04 -/^;^ E S S A Y Chap, 2. 



Ditches, Ponds, &c. So alfo the other kind 

 of Land requires Conipoft of a more fiery 

 and fprightly Nature, fuch as will invade 

 thofe heavy, lumpy, and indigefted Clods, 

 that without fuch Management very much 

 obftrud the Bufinefs of Vegetation. 

 In rphat Qur Bufincfs being then to make Compoft 

 p>7"pro- for a lumpy, heavy Land, let us proceed, in 

 cured. the firft place, to fleece off all the upper Turf- 

 Mould we can, which we have already fup- 

 pos'd to be ftiff, and mix it at Difcretion in 

 the following Manner, having always a par- 

 ticular Regard to the Natural Soil, I mean in 

 what degree of StifFnefs one may rank it. 

 But, generally fpeaking, thefe Direftions 

 following will ferve. 



A Maga%ine of Compoft for Cold 

 Clayey Land. 



The Maga- Three Load of the Natural Mould, two 

 vnsofcom''i^Q2i^ of good rottcn Dung, one Load of Sand, 

 fand.ifto be had in Plenty, the Sea-kind, or o- 

 therwife a Load of Sandy Ground or fliarp 

 Sand, two Load of the Top Spit- Turf in Mea- 

 dows or other kind of rich Turf-Land, and 

 half a Load of Cole-afhes or the Sweeping of 

 Streets, a fmall Sprinkling of Pidgeon, Sheep, 

 or other hot Dungs. iOi -ij^. 



Thefe feveral Simples being brought and 



laid down at the Place or Places where they 



are to be mix'd, and an open Circle clear 'd in 



the middle, let there be the fame number of 



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