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Some moor land is every year inclofcd 

 and improved in this neighbourhood : Their 

 method is to plough it up in winter, to 

 fallow it the fucceeding fummer, and lay 

 90 or I GO bufliels of lime per acre ; they 

 fow rye upon it, and get 50 or 60 bufliels 

 per acre : Then a fecond crop of rye, of 

 35 or 40 bufhels: Next oats, of which 

 they have 60 or 70 bufhels ; with this crop 

 "ifome throw in a few grafs feeds, but the 

 imofl common method is to leave it to turf 

 itfelf. They pay no rent of fuch land for 

 the firft feven years, but \o s. an acre after- 

 wards, for 2 1 years, or any other time. 



Some pare and burn, but the number 

 very few : They fow rye twice, and oats 

 as in the other method : The crops of corn 

 are better in the paring and burning, but 

 they reckon the fucceeding grafs not fo 

 good. They always inclofe before this 

 improvement, as it is called. 



Much of their moory foil is the black 

 rotten molTy land > but fome of it white 

 land, which is very good. The boggy parts 

 they cut a few open drains through, to bet- 

 ter the herbage, by laying it a little dry, 

 but never attempt any other improvement. 

 In many of thefe moors the foil is very 



deep^ 



