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The universal p*a< i . frew the flat fens of Cam- 

 bridge-hire to the s,v-l!i;)^ ! vr< of Ireland, the 

 mountainous moors of th north of England, the 

 rough sedgy botto ns in \] .1 >r e cry part of the 

 kingdom, when th*v are b oken up by men of real 

 pncti *e and observation, are alwiv- done by paring 

 and burning. Registered experiments of doing it 

 by fallowing, are to be met with in various works. 

 The Board's Reports of the North Riding of York, 

 and of Somerset, detail some ; others are to be 

 found in my Toirx, and the result is either loss, or 

 a profit so very inferior, that the question ought to 

 Misidered as settled and done with. Let it 

 Bleep for <n.>r, except for the wrong li.-a 1 -d indi- 

 viduals who will, upon every question, arise in 

 every age, to contradict the common sense of man- 

 kind. I could detail cases without end, but really 

 think it would be a loss of time to read them. 



PARE AND BURN FEN AND BOG. 

 In the fens of Cambridgeshire, upon a peat soil, 

 free from large roots and stones, the work of par- 

 ing is always done uith a plough, which they make 

 on purpose for the work, and which executes it in 

 the completest manner that can be imagined. It 

 turns off a furrow, from J'2 to l6, and even 18 

 inches broad, and not more than an inch deep. 

 The use of this admirable tool brings down the 

 whole expcnce of paring, burning, and spreading 

 the ashes; to Qs. or 10s. per acre. But upon those 



soils, 



