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 .come up, fows eight buflicls of common 

 grafs-feeds, two pound of cow-grafs, ditto of 

 rib-grafs, ditto of yellow trefoil, and rolls it 

 the firft dry feafon. 



* * * 



This feries of experiments made by Mr. 

 Scroope at Dafiby^ are equally valuable with 

 thofe of any author ant'ient or modern: 

 Moft of his trials are completely regiftered, 

 and fully fatisfadlory in the refult : All are 

 candid and accurate, and demand the fm- 

 cereft tribute of praife from every lover of 

 l^ufbandry. But his experience extends 

 further ; and embraces not only the im- 

 provement of lands already in hufbandry, 

 but the cultivation of wafte tracts, of no ufe 

 either to the owner or the nation, until this 

 moft fpirited cultivator reduced them to order 

 and profit. 



At .Dal ton, about fixteen miles from 

 Danhy, and nearer to Richmond, this gentle- 

 man poiTeffed an extenfive moor, which 

 yielded no other advantage than his tenants 

 adjoining turning a fev/ fheep on it : A large 

 trad of land, in fuch a condition, gave fo 

 adive a genius much uneafinefs. He deter- 

 mined to attempt the improvement, however 



expenfive and make a dreary country 



fmile with cultivation, notwithftanding the 

 propheficd ill-fuccefs and ridicule of many 

 of his neighbours. 



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