I lo >^^; E S S A Y.^^)i Chap, 2i 



A farther Xhc Trench being open'd, and the Coift-^ 

 rme}i poft ready at hand, fill the bottom of th^ 

 Trench eight or nine Inches thick of it 5 

 then take up the whole Ground in the next 

 Trench that is undug in the Natural Ground, 

 about eight, nine, or ten Inches thick, ( as 

 has been before. advis'd) this fpread hand- 

 fomly over the Compoft that is laid at thd 

 bottom of the Trench, picking the Weeds 

 clean out, as alfo Stones, Roots, and other 

 Incumbrances : Which done, cover that bad 

 Earth over again v^ith the fame thidknefs 

 of Compoft, by which means you have three 

 Beds or Strata s^ two of Dung, with the 

 bad Earth in the middle. And this being 

 done at the ktter end of the Year, viz. a- 

 bout Mtchaelm^^ tJiere let it remain 'till thd 

 Spring, at which time you may dig the 

 Groiand over,beating, mixing, and working tfee 

 Compoft and tihfc other old Mould togethcuf- 

 which by the wafhings of the Rains and 

 Snows in Winter, is by thfe time probably 

 very tiiuch improv'd. ^ ■ '''^f<^ '{'*•' ' 



Why fo lit' It may perhaps be wondred that I havd 

 ^e/4/flfo/ j^Qj. f^[^ g^^y thing of Dung, that being geiie- 

 ^"'^* rally efteemed the only Improvement for all 

 Lands 3 and indeed 'tis what inoft People 

 are fond of, iince if they have Dung enough 

 they think all is well, and the bufinefs of 

 Vegetation cann t poflibly fail of going on, 

 and efpecially ill the repairing of worn-oulr 

 Ground, 



But 



