312 RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF 



very much requires to be done. The firfl 

 flep is to clear it from obftruftions of the 

 plow ; and the next to refcue it from the 

 dominion of weeds, to which much of it 

 may well be faid to be, at prefent, fubjecfL. 

 In other words, it requires to be WHOLLY 

 RECLAIMED from a ftate of nature and 

 negledl. 



This reclaim is to be effecfted, by FREE 

 CLEAN FALLOWS i or FALLOW 

 CROPS, whether of roots, herbage, 

 or PULSE; according to the circumfhances 

 of the refpedtive lands, and the ftate of 

 foulnefs in which they are found. 



Another obvious improvement, in the 

 foil procefs, is that of driving two oxen, 

 with WHIP R e I N s , in all the lighter works 

 of tillage ; carrying a width of plit or plow- 

 flice, in proportion to the ftate of the foil, 

 and the ftrength of the animals. 



For inftances in which thefe improve- 

 ments v/cre carried into effed, fee the fol- 

 lowing^ Minutes. 



An evident and great improvement, in 



the FARMYARD MANAGEMENT, is that 



of bottoming the dung yard with mold : a 



pra(^ice 



