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but it was reduced only to large hard pieces, 

 and to glafs. 



It was a common notion, that rabbit- 

 dung was of no benefit to the land, and 

 the opinion of a neighbouring warrener, 

 upon which his Lordihip agreed with him 

 for fweeping his warren every year. By 

 this means he got a large quantity, which 

 coft him no more than 4 s. 6 d. a load : 

 He tried it with pigeons dung ; in a very 

 fair comparifon : On a grafs field he laid 

 ftripes of each, firft an acre covered with 

 rabbits dung two loads, then an acre with 

 the fame quantity of pigeons dung at a 

 guinea a load; then rabbits, and next pi- 

 geons again, and fo through the field, 

 which was a very fair trial. The rabbits 

 dung turned out much the beft, and laded 

 the longeft. 



Thirty years ago, a fquare piece of grafs 

 at Wentvuorth) almoft furrounded by other 

 paflure, was manured very well with fait ; 

 Lord Rockingham has remarked, that the 

 part manured has flourifhed much better 

 than the other to this day, no manure has 

 been fince laid on either piece. 



But this fpirited execution of a regular 

 plan is by no means the only inftance to be 

 produced of this Nobleman's attention to 

 the improvement of hufbandry : as a proof 

 of this, I fliall next mention to you a new 



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