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 the winter's rains, notwithstanding its be- 

 ing turned in by the plough, for the weight 

 of the fnow and rain certainly act thrc ugh 

 the loofe moulds. Their method in EJJex 

 feems to be preferable, which is to throw 

 the land up in narrow ridges in ctober, 

 and to carry the manure on the firft froft 

 that comes in the fprir; and they leave it 

 in heaps on the land till . low, which 

 is always the firft dry feafon that comes, 

 even as foon as February. 



This gentleman's way of breaking up 

 grafs lands is an excellent one ; firft with a 

 common plough he ftrikes a furrow, and 

 then with a paring one turns into that fu- 

 row a Mice of the turf two inches thick; 

 after this comes the common plough in the 

 fame furrow, and turning the moulds on 

 to the turf, buries it ; upon this tillage he 

 harrows in oats, and gets from 7 to 10 

 quarters per acre : After which he fallows. 

 The public is much indebted to both thefe 

 gentlemen for their attention to fuch judi- 

 cious experiments. 



From Doncqfter to Pontefracl, the foil is 

 of various forts, and lets from 7 s. to 20 .r. 

 an acre; farms continue fmall, in general 

 under 100 /. a year. I made many inqui- 

 ries into the culture of liquorice around 

 Pontefracl, and found the quantity of land 

 planted with it, not fo comkli rable as I had 



