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meafure the reverfe of improvement ; for, 

 " though your land may be improved, your 

 " fortune is impaired; this indeed would be 

 * buying gold too dear. 



< I therefore told him, I faw clearly, it 

 would never anfwer the expence of carrying 

 " manure into it : I would try another me- 

 ' thod, from which I hoped better fuccefs 

 " than he had met with : he anfwered, he 

 " wiflied I might, with a fmile that plainly 

 " denoted his incredulity. So averfe are 

 " mod of thefe people to every method they 

 " have not been accuftomed to. 



" However, he was to follow my direc- 

 * tions. I faid to him, You fee, here are the 

 " two upper fields (about eleven acres) have 

 " now lain above a year (ince the crops were 

 " got off; they have nothing growing upon 

 " them but ftrong weeds, which are the na- 

 < c tural produce of the foil, as thirties, horfe- 

 " daifies, brambles, &c. thefe are firft to be 

 " eradicated : therefore fet a couple of ftrong 

 <c ploughs to work, fix oxen to each, and 

 " plough the two fields deep and well ; then 

 " let them, as foon as proper, be well* 

 " dragged, rolled, and harrowed, and the 

 " ploughings, &c. repeated, until the land is 

 " clean, well-opened, and pulverized. This 

 " was repeated at proper intervals through 

 " the winter, and until the following May. 

 " By that time, they were got tolerably clean, 

 * and in good condition. The foil of each 



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