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tf [about eight Englifh perches] ; nothing re- 

 " mained in it but "a clofe white clay, fit for 

 " potters ufe. This fpot, thus circumftanced, 

 ** feemed to me a proper one for my experi- 

 " ment. As the fpace was too fmall for the 

 *' plough to work in, I made ufe of the fpade 

 " and hoe : it was made into beds, which 

 ** were afterwards fowed with wheat, and the 

 " fpaces between them frequently ftirred. 

 *' The firft year my plants were very poor, and 

 " branched only into two, three, or four ftalks 

 " apiece ; the fecond year they did much 

 " better ; and the third year they were as large 

 " and as fine as any my garden could have pro- 

 *' duced. This fpot continues to produce 

 *' equally well. 



* We have here a remarkable inftance of 

 " what may be done, by fufficiently pulve- 

 ' rifing the earth : that which I am fpeaking 

 " of, is now like mould ; and, which is very 

 ** remarkable, it has loft its former white 

 * colour, and is now black : let us but allow 

 " the fame with any of our bad lands, and per- 

 *' fevere in ploughing and ftirring them a fuf- 

 '* ficient time, and the fuccefs will not 

 " be doubtful." This one fmall experiment 

 Js a fufficient anfwer to the objection of the 

 above author. 



But fo ready is he to recommend dung on 

 every occafion, that, fpeaking of manuring 

 grafs-Jands, he fays, p. 284. " It is difficult 

 *' to over-manure arable lands, but very eafily 



*' done 



