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ters up the ridges, and all the feed and 

 tillage in their arable lands is thrown away 

 in the furrows, for the crop dies and is 

 fucceeded by quantities of weeds. 



Inftead of this miftaken conduct, they 

 fhould undoubtedly plough down their 

 ridges, level the furface, and then hollow 

 drain the whole field, by numerous and 

 well directed cuts, after which they might 

 keep them on a perfect level, for grafs, and 

 ufe only moderate ridges of two bouts 

 in their arable fields. It is a common 

 complaint among them, that the manure 

 they lay on to their fields, lafts but a very 

 fhort time ; which is totally owing to their 

 want of draining, for the falts, and even 

 the manure itfelf is prefently wafhed away 

 by the wetncfs of the foil ; an effect which 

 would be quite prevented by draining. 



To inform thefe farmers that it is a very 

 flovenly cuftom to let their paflures be 

 overrun with bufhes, mole and ant hills 

 is furely needlefs: They mud know that 

 nothing would anfwer better than clearing 

 away all rubbim of that fort ; they know 

 this, but have not the fpirit, or at lead: the 

 money to practife it. As to the hills and 

 all little inequalities of the furface they 

 fhould be pared off level, and nothing 

 makes fo fine a compoft for all forts of 

 land as thefe turfs mixed with lime and 



"dung ; 



