i8o A TREATISE ON THE CONNECTION OF 



PEAT MOSSES, FEfsTS, AND POOR BARREN LANDS 

 IN THEIR VICINITY. 



THIS subject follows, with peculiar propriety, the de- 

 scription of infield and outfield lands ; and, as the diffe- 

 rence which subsists between these lands depends upon 

 the larger proportion of vegetable matter which the in- 

 field land contains, in a state very similar to that of peat, 

 it is obvious that peat mosses may be rendered of very 

 great utility in improving the poor barren lands, which 

 are generally found in their vicinity. 



Peat, or vegetable matter, should be carried from the 

 peat moss to the poor soil, and the surface mould from 

 the poor soil to the peat moss. By these means two bene- 

 ficial purposes may at the same time be effected. The 

 quantity of such like, or other earthy matter necessary 

 to be added to a peat soil, to alter the mechanical arrange- 

 ment of its parts, is to be ascertained by proper trials ; 

 and, on the other hand, the quantity of peat requisite 

 to be applied to poor soils will be regulated by the quan- 



tity 



