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tlie only one : This moory foil is a kind of! 

 black peat, extremely fibrous and porous, 

 light and loofe : Much ploughing, or keep- 

 ing Tiich a foil under arable crops, increafes 

 its natural faults : By laying it immediately 

 ■to grafs, you comprefs tlie parts, and under 

 a turf fed in courfe, and trodden by cattle, 

 it acquires a folidity of infinite worth to it. 

 And for thefe reafons, CAie cannot help being 

 in admiration, at the natural fertility of a 

 foil, that can pollibly be rendered worth 2.0s, 

 an acre, by a condu6b diametrically cppollte 

 to its nature. But at the fame time, this 

 fadt is the ftrongdl proof in the world, of 

 the moderation ot fuppoimg it to be worth 

 no more, when managed accordirg to its 

 nature, and wants. That it would let for 20 j. 

 an acre, in any part o£ Englanii, and with- 

 out difficulty, cannot for a moment be fe- 

 rioufly doubted : In many parts, with 

 which I am we}! acquainted, I would under- 

 take to let it for fiom 30 x. to 40 j. The 

 general account of the improvement is as 

 follows : 



Rent, - - - - ^. 640 



Intereft of 2160/. at ^pcr cent, - 86 



Clear profit, - - - 554 



Which is 29/. 12 s. per cent. Of ib great 



importance is the im.provement of thefe 



U 2 waftes, 



