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mflead of being poached all winter with the 

 leaft treading of cattle, they are left perfedly 

 firm, and bear an ox of the largeft weight. 

 The method is an exceeding good one. 



Manures. 



The experiments which this gentleman 

 has formed on manures, are particularly 

 valuable ; as they are defigned with great 

 penetration, and executed with no lefs 

 fpirit. 



In the winter of 1758, a very large 

 compoft hill was formed, in the following 

 manner. Firft, a layer was made of farm- 

 yard dung ; next one upon that of virgin 

 earth ; a third of lime; the fourth of virgin 

 earth ; the fifth of dung ; the fixth virgin 

 earth, and the feventh of lime. 



In thefe compofts, Mr. Scroope makes it 

 a rule never to lay lime and dung together, 

 on account of burning ; but throws the 

 lime between two layers of earth. 



In the following fummer, this hill was 

 turned over twice, and w^ell mixed together. 

 In the winter of 1759, it "^vas again well 

 turned over. March 9th, (^c. 1760, it was 

 ufed upon a pafture, to the amount of 296 

 loads, 60 were laid per acre. Fart of the 

 field was ploughed with an inftrument, 

 which Mr. Scrcope has found A^ery fervice- 



able : a five coultered fcarificator. Of 



which I took this fketch, plate IV. fig. 3. 



a to b 



