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penfe of il. is. dunged it, arid planted pota- 

 toes ; found great difficulty in digging it from 

 the roots of a kind of grafs, like a rufh, called 

 keeb don, in Englifh, black keeb. The crops 

 very bad. Dunged it the year following for 

 oats; the crop very fine, and repeated them 

 the next year. Left the oat flubble, and it 

 covered itfelf fo with good natural grafs, that 

 the next year mowed a crop of hay, and the 

 fame two years more. Finding it not well re- 

 claimed from having ploughed it too foon after 

 the fanding, gave it a new manuring at nearly 

 the fame expenfe ; did not plough it any more, 

 but fuch of the Hones as had not fank of them- 

 fclves, were beat in with mallets, at the ex- 

 penfe of 2S. 6d. an acre, in order to fmooth it 

 for mowing. This was very practicable, hav- 

 ing two fpits of boggy turf on the furface. 

 Ever fince it has been excellent meadow, worth 

 il. 2s. 9d. an acre. 



Ex P E R I M E N T, No. 2. 



In 1764, improved another piece, landing 

 it at 40s. an acre, owing to the dillance ; left 

 it two years on the land, and then fet it at 40s* 

 to the poor people for potatoes ; after which 

 took three noble crops of oats. Then left to 

 grafs, and the firft year mowed a great crop, 

 and fet it for 1 6s. an acre. 



Experiment, No. 3. 



In 1765, began with fifty acres more of 

 mountain land, but full of heath. Firit drew 

 off the ftones, and made a wall round it fix 



Vol. f. A a feet 



