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Though this pra6llce of paring and burrt-^ 

 ing has met with fo much oppofition, I can- 

 not perceive any injury a landlord can fuOain 

 by ic. Barren foils are rendered fertile by it: 

 and no tenant would offer to pare and burn a 

 good foil, as that would be a wafte of time and 

 money. 



When land that has been pared and burnt is 

 laid down, fuppofing it even fown with feed 

 of the fame fort of grafs ; it will grow much 

 finer, from the earth's being fo eafily pulveri- 

 fed, and of courfe admitting a free vegetation. 



Some men do their bufinefs in {o flovenly a 

 manner, that they may plough a piece of land 

 for Cx or feven crops, without once pulveri- 

 fing; it fufficiently. And they will fow the 

 crops one after another in this manner, becaufe 

 the land is frefli : but in all probability there 

 •will not have been one really good crop amongft 

 the whole. 



Let us Rov/ fuppofe that we plough heath- 

 land without paring and burning, and that we 

 fow it v/Ith oats. A very fmall crop only can 

 beexpedled. If you then fiillow and fow with 

 turnips, none can be eiipedled unlefs you m.a* 



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