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laying the turf down again in the fame 

 place. This way is to be preferred, 

 where the piece of land may be in view 

 of an habitation, or under any fimilar 

 circumstances. But the moft effedlual 

 improvement is, doubtlefs, to pare them 

 entirely oif, to lay them in heaps to rot, 

 which fhould be mixed afterwards with 

 a moderate quantity of lime, and then 

 fpread over the fam.e piece of land from 

 whence they came. As thefe ant hills 

 originated for want of rolling, it is almoft 

 needlefs to recommend rolling as a com- 

 plete finifli to this improvement. 



When meadows are very coarfe, whe- 

 ther naturally fo, or occafioned by ruihes 

 which grew on them, before they v/cre 

 properly drained, there is no better im- 

 provement for them, than ilrewing twen- 

 ty, or thirty, load of fand to an acre over 

 (iiem. It tends greatly towards fining 



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