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126. fince told that this circuatftance frequently 

 BEES. happens ; and that it is reckoned unneigh- 



bourly, if not unlawful, to let a " dead ftock" 

 remain upon the Hand. A labourer, it feems, 

 followed one, this year, immediately from his 

 own to a farmer's garden in the neighbour- 

 hood. 



Thefc are circumflances in the hiftory of 

 this petty but pleafmg object of rural eco- 

 nomy, which, though they feem to be well un- 

 derftood in this part of the kingdom, are not, 

 I believe, generally known. 



127. 



MANURING SEPTEMBER 7. Lafl year I made two accu- 



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rate experiments on the time of manuring grafs- 

 land. One of them was made the thirtieth of July, 

 prefently after the hay had been carried off: 

 the other in Oftober. 



The firft was very decifive : the benefit was 

 evident -, though the whole crop was extremely 

 good ; at leaft two load an acre : but, where the 

 dunghad been let, the grafs was lodged, and the 

 fwath obvioufly larger than it was on the unma- 

 nured parts. 



But the benefit ariling from that fet on irt 

 October was by no means obvious ; indeed, on' 



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