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The advcintages propofcd by this novel 

 practice are thefe : firft, that of fecuring a 

 burning feafon with a degree of certalntx , 

 and without the expencc of " fetting" the 

 fods, which being kept hollow underneath 

 by the inequalities of the plowed lurface, a 

 free circulation of air is admitted, and the 

 evil efFedt of regrowing to the ground en- 

 tirely prevented ; and fecondly, thofe of 

 mixing the afhes more intimately and more 

 evenly with the foil, and of preventing their 

 being buried too deep by the firft plowing ; 

 which, in this inftance, was neccflarily given 

 veryv deep, the foil being of a moory nature, 

 and in a ftatc too tender and moiil to be 

 plowed with a ihallow furrow, which would 

 not have laid the furface fufHciently dry for 

 turneps, — the intended crop. 



Therefore, in this cafe, the management 

 was obvioufly judicious: and whether the 

 advantages of forwarding the drying, 

 and of being able to ufe the afhes as a top- 

 dressing, may not render the prad:ice gene- 

 rally eligible, can be afcertained only by 

 experience. 



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