3i8 SOILS AND SOIL PROCESSES. 20. 



rally abound ; fowing grafs feeds on the fur- 

 face. 



Treat the under and other brush wood 

 in the manner above defcribed ; and let the 

 whole lie in grass, keeping it carefully fwept 

 with the fithe, until the re.v^aining roots 

 be fufficiently decayed. 



Then, hut not before, bring the foil under 

 a courfe of arable management. 



The fencing, the caftration of ant-hills *, 

 and perhaps doing away a few other rough* 

 nefles, would be the only labour requifitc 

 which would not more than repay itfelf -j-. 



The ROOTS, inftead of being a principal 

 caufe of lxpence and anxiety, would, un- 

 der this management, become a fource of 

 improvement of the soil ; while the ex- 

 pence of bringing the foil under a courfe of 

 arable management would be in a man- 

 ner precluded by having ^ free grajfy furface 

 for the purpofe of sod-burning. 



This townfhip (part of the ancient foreft 

 of Pickering) affords at prefent (Auguft 



1787) 



• See Norf. Econ. Min. 50. 



f It DRAINING fliould be found reqiiifite, how fu t- 



able au opportunity while hnd iciDiuns ingrafa. 



