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" But as, fays he, experiment has not, and 

 " probably will not prove this important point, 

 <* it remains for the difquifition of reafou 

 f< alone." This author appears to be a prac- 

 tical hufbandman, and makes many good ob- 

 fervations upon huibandry ; but his partiality 

 to the common lyflems, and over-rating the 

 value of manure, has led him into an indefen- 

 fible partiality to it. Dung with him is every 

 thing. On the culture of madder, he fays, 

 p. 34.1, " the article of manure is the foul of 

 ** this culture; the plant delights to grow iu 

 " a dunghill, fo that you need not fear over- 

 " doing it ; perhaps one hundred loads an acre, 

 of black rotten dung, may be found the 

 proper quantity for the firft crop of madder. 

 " And for the fecond crop, the earth being 

 ' dug three feet deep, it will be abfolutely 

 " neceflary to mix in with it from fifty to 

 " one hundred loads of rotten farm-yard dung, 

 " a year and half old, that has been twice or 

 " thrice turned over ; this will enrich and 

 " mellow it in a furprifing manner ;" and fb 

 indeed it ought, for this is a furprifing quan- 

 tity. He directs almoft as much for liquorice, 

 and great quantities for ibme other crops. But 

 this author Ihould have known, that much 

 dung is an injury to madder, debafing the co- 

 lour of the dye. And that the liquorice raifed 

 near London is much inferior to that in other 

 parts of England, only becaufe the liquorice 

 grounds about Lopdon are dunged too much. 



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