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Mr. Head has made Come confiderable im- 

 provements of wafte or rough land by means 

 of marie. His firft was a field of 14 acres 

 ten years ago ; the foil light, as before defcribed 

 of the country in general ; the fpontaneous 

 growth, furze and ferns, worth 53. an acre. 

 He cleared it from ftones, which were ufed 

 for building ; the expence fmall, marled it, 

 and fowed five crops of corn, and with the 

 laft of them hay feeds: it became a mea- 

 dow in two years, and is now worth 305. an 

 acre. The next was a field of eight acres, the 

 fame foil j he broke it up for potatoes, then 

 took one crop of corn, marled it on the ftub- 

 ble, and fowed five crops of corn, laying down 

 with the fifth. Worth 8s. an acre before, 

 now 30$. Five acres and an half were alfo 

 done, marled on the furface, the effeft little ; 

 it was therefore ploughed up in four or five 

 years ; yielded two crops of good turnips, two 

 of Englifh barley, and then laid down. It is 

 now worth 305. an acre. 



The next attempt was upon 16 acres, not 

 worth as. 6d. an acre, over-run with furze, 

 fern and heath, with fo many {tones that clear- 

 ing them away cofl los. an acre. Ploughed 

 and burnt it, and took two crops of turnips, 

 then two of oats. Left it to itfelf for five or 

 fix years, and then marled it, fince it has 

 yielded four crops of corn, and is now worth 

 il. 2S. 9d. an acre. 



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