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wanted for pafture or meadow. If the foil 

 here fpoken of, viz. clay, have had a large 

 quantity of lime on it, there is no doubt but 

 the lime may have injured it, and you may ex- 

 pecl the ground to crack much, as moft forts, 

 of lime impoverish land. 



A fandy foil, or a lime-ftone, is not difficult 

 to till, being of a kinder nature than ftifFclay. 

 I found that the bed time for fowing wheat on 

 thefe foils was the month of November \ and 

 the wetter the land, the more likely you are to 

 fucceed. But if the land be clean, I do not 

 recommend fcarifying the wheat in the fpring y 

 but prefer treading with fheep early in tnarfea- 

 fon. Bufh harrowing and rolling anfwer well 

 gn thefe kinds or foil, 



Peas may be fovvn, if the weather prove fa- 

 vourable, foon after Chriftmas. A month or 

 fix weeks difference in the time of fowing is 

 not very material ; but if fown early, the crop 

 will be fooner ripe, and equally productive. 

 You may (tir the mould about them till May : 

 and by doing {o you will keep the ground as 

 clear of weeds as if the peas had been fown 

 late. Even in the month of May they may- 

 be fown with advantage, if your land cannot 

 be put in a proper condition before. 



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