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continued much as the preceding season. In the spring 

 of 1808, I omitted sowing it with plaister ; and thought 

 the pasture that season rather declining. I this spring 

 (1809 J sowed the field with 30 bushels of plaister ; and 

 find the pasture improved, when compared to last season* 

 I have no doubt many will censure the foregoing, as 

 an execrable rotation ; and as such reject it. My rea- 

 son for adopting it was, that I knew the soil — a gritty 

 gravel — well adapted to clover and plaister ; and being 

 much infested with garlick, I determined to try a suc- 

 cession of spring crops, to destroy the garlick ; and the 

 event has fully answered my expectation. The soil be- 

 ing well adapted to clover, it continues to be the pre- 

 vailing crop ; upon which the plaister has had, and con- 

 tinues yet to have, an exceeding good effect. And this 

 I have found invariably to be the case, as long as clover 

 continues to be the prevailing grass. But in all other 

 cases, when other grasses subdue the clover, I find the 

 application of plaister to be of small effect J*^ " August, 

 1809."* 



* This is generally found to be so ; by long experience. It 

 will appear hereafter, that in Europe^ the like results occur* 

 Among other proofs, are the experiments of M. Berardy here* 

 after ir^serted. 



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