JO6 FEBRUARY* 



square yards* is the properest quantity to be 

 laid upon an acre of land, pole measure. If more 

 be laid on, the longer it will be before it incorpo- 

 rate with the soil, and of course, the longer before 

 iny benefit can be received from it. I once- saw an 

 instance, where a farmer laid on 12O loads, or 

 square yards per acre, and gave this reason ibr it, 

 that the land was so poor, he was sure he could 

 not hurt it. But the consequence of it 'was-, that 

 after an expence that would have purchased the 

 fee-simple of the land, I could not see, for many 

 years, that he had done it any good, as it produced 

 no better (if so good) crops, as lands by the side of 

 it that had not been clayed at all, but otherwise 

 farmed the same. It has now, however, evidently 

 the advantage of the other lands, having been done 

 above twenty years. 



" This trial was in the middle of a shiftable field, 

 where, by the course of husbandry, two crops are 

 taken to one summer tilth ; and, where this is the 

 case, claying, &c. seldom (or never I might say) 

 answers the expence; for claying and marling be- 

 ing only a first, or beginning of improvement-}-, 

 by going on directly with a course of ploughing, 

 which cannot well be avoided in shiftable fields, it 

 is often buried and lost before it mix properly with 

 the soil, especially if turned in too deep the first 

 earth, of which great care should be taken. I 



* A square yard is as.much as is generally carried for a load, 

 j- An excellent observation. The whole paper is full of truly 

 practical kuowledge. A. Y. 



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