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He manures it well with a compoft of 

 earth, dung and afhcs mixed together, 

 and alfo folds his flieep on it two nights 

 in a place, which he linds lo anfwer pro- 

 digioufly. 



His old hide-bound mofly land he tried, 

 in 1 763, to cure by means of a fcarificator, or 

 iive-coultered plough; he tried it by plough- 

 ing fome and leaving fome on long lands. 

 N° I. He ploughed. 



2. Not touched. 



3. Ploughed and manured. 



4. Manured but not ploughed. 

 The refult was, 



N" 4. The beft. 

 3« The next. 

 2. The next. 

 I . The worlh 

 From which he concludes, that, upon his 

 foil, the practice is by no means beneficial. 



Upon the whole, the public is much 

 obliged to this ipirited cultivator for the 

 attention he has given to hulhandry. The 

 above experiments Ihew that he is judicious 

 in his plans, and correal in their execution. 

 Here you muft allow me to conclude this 

 letter, bv affuring you how much i am, £5?c. 



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