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NORFOLK. 



while corn fold high, were affiduous to culti- 

 vate every inch the plow could reach : old 

 marl-pits were levelled : nooks and corners 

 grubbed, and broken up : and even bogs were 

 converted into arable land. Grafsland, of 

 courfe, became wholly out of fafhion, and to- 

 tally neglected : and now, when corn is low, 

 the fame practice ftill prevails : fcraps of 

 arable land are flill purchafed at more labour 

 than they are fometimes worth; while the 

 meadows are fuffered to remain a difgrace to* 

 the country ; notwithflanding they would pay 

 trebly for improvement. 



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GEN. MAN. 

 FARMERS. 



JANUARY n. The other day, I obferved MEADOWS. 

 in the practice of a fuperior hufbandman the 

 following method of deftroying ant bills. With 

 a common fpade, ground fomewhat lharp, he 

 divided the hill into four quarters. With the 

 fame inftrument he then pared off the fward of 

 the quarters, an inch to two inches thick ; 

 leaving the triangular turves pared off faft at 

 their bafes, folding them back upon the 

 adjoining fward. This done, he dug out the 

 core of the hill ; chopping and fpreading the 

 mould abroad ; and leaving a hollow bafon where 

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