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moifteFied by the dews to a gret't depth, and 

 by thefe the land is inriched : for no manure 

 is laid upon thefc dcep-plougl ed land* for 

 wheat or other corn. Mr. Tail's land was all 

 of it light land, fhallow, and very dry, ex- 

 cept one held. ** I am lorry," (ays he, p. 65, 

 " that this farm, whereon I have only pra&i(ed 

 " horle-hoeine, bung tiruate upon a hill, that 

 " confifts ot chalk on one nMe, and heath- 

 * ground on the other, has been ufually 

 * noted for the poo- eft and (hallowed ioil in 

 " the neighbourhood" And p. 263. ".My 

 *' farm was termed a Barley -farm, not from 

 " the good crops of barley it produced, but 

 u becaufe the land, being almott all hiliy, 

 " was thought too light for wheat ; for in 

 *' their old management it was often de- 

 " ftroyed by poppies and other weeds, and 

 " leldom was there a tolerable crop of wheat. 

 " In a dry iummer, the barley crop failed for 

 ' want of moidure, and of more puUeri- 

 * zation, and was not worth half the expence. 

 *' Land is leldoai too dry tor wheat, and this 

 " dry foil, in the hoeing culture, brings very 

 ' good crops ot wheat; wl^ich ii> the reufon I 

 have no'.v no barLy, except what is Ib'.vn 

 *' upon the level, as it always mud be for 

 f* planting faiutoin and clover am mgit it; 

 '* were it not for that purpole, I ihoul.l plant 

 * no barley at all." Hence it appears, that 

 Mr.'Tu 1's la.id was b^th very dry and fh..l- 

 lovv ; 'yet he pLuiud it ail with wheat, and 



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