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thofe, whofe artificial Pafture reach'd to the Bottom 

 of the Staple of the Land. 



A like Proof is •, that feveral Lands of Turneps, 

 drill'd on the Level, at three Foot Rows, plow'd, 

 and doubly dung'd, and alfo Horfe-ho'd, did not 

 produce near fo good a Crop ofTumeps, as Six Foot 

 Ridges adjoining, Horfe-ho'd, tho' no Dung had 

 been laid thereon for many Years: There was no 

 other Difference, than that the three Foot Rows did 

 not admit the Hoe-plough to raife half the artificial 

 Pafture, as the Six Foot Rows did. The Dung plow'd 

 into the narrow Intervals, before drilling, could ope- 

 rate no further, with any great Effect, than the Hoe- 

 plough could turn it up, and help in its Pulveration. 



Dung, without Tillage, can do very little •, with 

 fome Tillage doth fomething ; with much Tillage 

 pulverizes the Soil in lefs Time, than Tillage alone 

 can do 5 but the Tillage alone, with more Time, can 

 pulverize as well : This the Experiments of artifici- 

 ally pulverizing of the pooreft Land, as they are re- 

 lated by Mr. Evelyn, fully prove. 



And thefe Experiments are the more to be depend- 

 ed on, as they are made both in England and Holland 

 by Perfons of known Integrity. 



This Truth is alfo further confirmed by thofe Au- 

 thors who have found, that High-way Duft alone is 

 a Manure preferable to Dung : And all thefe Pulve- 

 rations being made by Attrition or Contufion, why 

 fhould not our Inftruments of Pulveration, in Time, 

 reduce a fufficient Part of the Staple of a dry friable 

 Soil, to a Duft equal to that of a Highway ? 



The common Proportion of Dung uled in the 

 Field pulverizes only a fmall Part of the Staple: but 

 how long a time may be required for our Inftruments 

 to pulverize an equal Part, it depending much upon 

 the Weather, and the Degree of Friability of the Soil, 

 is uncertain. 



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