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can have no fort of Weight : for is it not well 

 known that, in thofe Farms where the greateft 

 Improvements have been made by Grafs-feeds, 

 the Quantity of Dreffing required for the Arable 

 Land often runs away with moll: of the Profit 

 of the whole Farm ? efpecially when the Price 

 of Grain is low. And if this be the Situation of 

 the moft improved Farms, what rnuft be the 

 Cafe of thofe which chiefly confift of Arable 

 Land ; where moft of the Dreffing muft be 

 purchafed at a great Price, and often fetched 

 from a considerable Diftance ? Add to this the 

 great Expence of Servants and Horfes, unavoid- 

 able in Arable Farms -, and it will appear how 

 great the Advantages are which the Grafier 

 hath over the plowing Farmer. So that it is 

 much to be wifhed, the Practice of mixing the 

 Two Sorts of Hufbandry were more generally 

 ufed in every Part of the Kingdom ; which 

 would be far from rendering Mr. Tull's Me- 

 thod of Culture ufelefs ; feeing that, when it 

 is well underftood, it will be found the fureft 

 Method to improve both. 



For although Mr. Tull chiefly confined the 

 Praftice of his Method to the Production of 

 Grain (which is a great Pity), yet it ma; 7 be ex- 

 tended to every Vegetable which is the Object 

 of Culture in the Fields, Gardens, Woods, &c. 

 and perhaps may be applied to many other 

 Crops, to equal, if not greater Advantage, than 

 to Corn. 



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