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nure ; and no manure worth mentioning has 

 been made from the produce of the land itfelf. 

 But it mufl be procured, or there will be no 

 turnips, and very little barley : and, if then 

 fown with clover, little of that can be expefted. 



On the other hand, if pared and burned, and 

 fown with turnips, the crop will almoft to a cer- 

 tainty be a good one ; for they delight in afh- 

 es. If the turnips be eaten off by fheep, your 

 oats and barlev will be excellent : and if the 

 field be afterwards laid down with feeds, you 

 may rely upon an abundant produce. If you 

 have clover, and mow it, you may expe6l good 

 wheat after. Then fallow for turnips : you 

 will have the land's own produce to furnilli CiK 

 loads of manure per acre, which, properly ap- 

 plied, will enfure a good crop. This is the 

 bed method of improving poor land, and the 

 leaft expcnfive of any I know. And if rich 

 land be over-run with coarfe grafs, and be in- 

 fefted with grubs, worms, &c. no method will 

 fo effedually deilroy them as paring and burn- 

 ing. Should any of the grubs or worms even 

 efcape the fire, they have fuch an antipathy to 

 afhes that they muft either change their refi- 

 dence or perifh with hunger. 



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