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manure for sustaining the soil of his lord in 

 good condition. 



I was glad to avail myself of a public oppor- 

 tunity of doing justice to the manifest improve- 

 ments which had taken place here within the 

 last two years; and of expressing my regret 

 that the merits of the occupiers in this district 

 had on my last visit been under-rated, owing to 

 an obvious deficiency then in the culture of 

 green crops, which I cannot but esteem as one 

 of the fairest rules by which the judgment may 

 be directed. It is not, however, to be so 

 recognized in any district blessed with adven<- 

 titious resources. 



The heavy expense and unwearied attention to 

 the production of green crops have been often 

 urged against the system pursued at the Schoose 

 Farm. I am well aware of both, and should be 

 glad to be excused from incurring the cost, 

 if another mode, though of more personal soli- 

 citude, could be pointed out, with reasonable 

 expectation of making a like quantity of manure, 

 which is always inadequate to my wants ; but 

 until that may be done, I must beg leave to 

 persist in my present method, which possibly 

 might be improved, could I boast the soil of 



