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and burning dinfiinlfhes the land : and lb it 

 mud in fome degree, though it may leave a 

 larger portion of vegetative foil. Were the 

 fward taken from any field, laid in heaps, and 

 mixed with m.anure fufficient to caufe a fer- 

 mentation, which would in a degree deftroy 

 thofe reptiles and infeds fo injurious to ail 

 crops ; that would be of greater advantage to 

 the land than th:^ prefent mode of ploughing 

 up old fwards without paring and burning : 

 for, in that cafe, the greater the plenty of 

 worms, &c. the better, as their carcafes would 

 enrich the manure. I own that the expence 

 of labour is an objection to this fcheme, and 

 t:hat it would require a large quantity of ma- 

 nure to prepare a poor fort of turf for readily 

 working down in a proper manner to be laid 

 on land, to make it ready for corn -, for, if ic 

 were not thoroughly worked into mould, it 

 would prove injurious inftead of being bene- 

 ficial to the crop. 



It may be faid, that this method would raife 

 a large hill of turf. But it is to be recoliecl- 

 ed, that the fort of turf meant has but little fer- 

 tility in it without fermentation; and more of 



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