^8 RETROSPECTIVt: VIEW OF 



ilance of liir.e being freely ufed, on a foil 

 th^r is not -vet faturated with the calca- 

 reous principle. 



Among the numerous IMPROVE- 

 MENTS, of which this Diviiion of the 

 W.eft of England is fuiceptible, the f<>llow- 

 ing have occurred to me, in taking aretro- 

 4pe<Stiye iviev/ of tlie foregoing regiilers of 

 its prefent pra(ftice. Many of them are 

 noticed in thoiJe regifters. But I think it 

 right to bring the whole togetlier here, for 

 the greater eafe of thofe, who may be 

 dlfpofed to promote the profperity, of this 

 favored part of the liland. 



In the FOP.M OF farm yards much is 

 to be done ; efpecially in providing proper 

 receptacles for dung ; to prevent its moil: 

 valuable parts from being diffipated. In 

 fome fev/ cafes, I have feen the water, from 

 dung yards, led over grafslands. But unlefa 

 a refePv'oir be formed, to colled: fuch water, 

 in order to throw it over the land, in a. 

 large body, its eftccls are very confined and 

 inconfiderable. For hints on this fubjedt, 

 fee the clofe of the following Minutes. 



In the MANAGEiMtNT OF HEDGES, I 



am 



