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and one barrow of rotten dung ; this is the 

 proportion : the quantity muft be accord- 

 ing to what is wanted ; but it would be 

 much better if there was as much mixed 

 at a time as would ferve for two or three 

 years ; for the longer all compoiitions 

 layj the richer and better they are ; and 

 the oftener they are turned, it adds to their 

 fertility ; for it would be poflible to ferti- 

 lize very poor foil by throwing it into long^ 

 ridges and often turning it, which muft 

 be owing to the nitrous particles that are 

 imbibed by its loofe furface; 



MOULD for the firft miftirig. -Two 



barrows of wood-mould, two barrows of 

 loam^ one barrow of dung, one barrow of 

 tan, and half a barrow of fancL 



MOULD for the fecond mifting. Three 

 barrows of loam, one barrow of wood- 

 earth, one barrow of dung, and half a 

 barrow of fand. 



MOULD for plants that are to be planted 

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