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 LETTER XXXIX. 



>npHESE papers are fwelled to fuch a 

 ■*- length, that I find it necefiary to over- 

 look, in this review of the particulars, many 

 fubjects which I mould not otherwife have 

 palled over. I cannot, however, omit a few 

 remarks on that important part of hufban- 

 dry — manuring. 



Lime, throughout moft parts of the North, 

 is what they principally depend on ; the be- 

 nefit they urge to be very great ; and, confi- 

 dering they ufe only Jio?2e lime, it doubtlefs is 

 fo. But from the intelligence I gained in 

 many places, I have great reafon to believe, 

 that this fpirit of liming is not attended with 

 the effects that many believe. Its greater! 

 ufe, that of forming a part in comports, is 

 little attended to. Upon black moory foils 

 the ufe is exceedingly great ; much more fo 

 than on any other land. 



Paring and burning is general throughout 

 the North and Weft, and the price pretty 

 equal every where, from 14.S. to 20 s. Uni- 

 verfal obfervation has proved it to be a moft 

 excellent practice, and has alio proved that 

 the idea of thinning the ftaple of the foil by 

 it, is falfe and groundlefs. Turneps are the 

 crop every where fown after it. 



Folding 



