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fides of Parts of infinite Variety (b) in Figure and 

 Bimenfions. 



And becaufe'tls morally impofiible, the fame Fi- 

 gure and Dimensions mould happen twice to any one 

 Part, we need not wonder, how theEarth, every time 

 of Tilling, mould afford a new internal Superficies 

 (or artificial Failure); and that the till'd Soil has in it 

 an inexhauftibie Fund, Iwhich by a fufficientDivifion 

 (being capable Oi an infinite one) may be produe'd. 



Tillage (as well as Dung) is beneficial to all Sorts of 

 Land U). Light Land, being naturally hollow, has 

 larger Pores, which are the Caufe of its Lightnefs : 

 This, when it is by any Means fuiflciently divided, 



(b) Their Variety is fuch, that 'tis next to impomble, any two 

 Pieces, or Clods, in a Thoufand Acres of till'd Ground, mould 

 have the fame Figure, and equal Dimenfions, or that any Piece 

 mould exactly tally with any other, except with that from whence 

 it was broken off. 



(c) 'Tis of late fully prov'd, by the Experience of many Farm- 

 ers, that two or three additional Plowings will fupply the Place 

 cf Dung, even in the old Husbandry, if they be perform'd at 

 proper Seafons : and the hiring Price of three Plowings, after 

 Land has been thrice plow'd before, is but Twelve Shillings, 

 whereas a Dunging will coll three Pounds : This was accidentally 

 difcovered in my Neighbourhood, by the Practice of. a poor 

 Farmer., who, when he had prepafd his Land for Barley, and 

 could no: procure Seed to fow it, plow'd it on till Wheat Seed- 

 Time, and [by means of fuch additional Plowing) without ung, 

 bad fo good a Crop of Wheat, that it was judg'd to be more than 

 the Inheritance of the Land it grew on. 



The fame Lffecl follows when they prepare Land forTurneps, 

 fince they are come in Faihion, and fow them feveral Times upon 

 feverai Plowings, the Fly as often taking them off; they have 

 from fush extraordinary Tillage a good Crop of Wheat, inftead 

 of the loti Turneps, without the Help of Dung ; hence double- 

 plowingis now become frequent in this Country. 



The Reafon why Land is enrich 1 d by lying long unplow'd, 

 is that fo very few Vegetables are carried off it, very little being 

 produced ; the Exhauition is lefs than what is added by the Atmo- 

 sphere, Cattle, &c But when 'tis piow'd, a vaitly greater 

 Quantity of Vegetables is produe'd, and carried off, more than 

 e old Hufbandry is returned to it, 



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