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mend, after paring and burning, a crop of rape 

 £0 ftand for feed. There will be fufticient time 

 for that purpofe ; for, if it be fov/n in Aiiguflr^ 

 it will be early enough. I have feen a very 

 good crop, the feed of which was not ibwn be- 

 fore September. The leaves of rape, by fmo- 

 thering and by falling in fuch abundance upon 

 the land, enrich it (by the oil they contain) in 

 almofl as great a degree as the feed impover- 

 ifhesit: and were the ground immediately clear- 

 ed of the rape-ftraw, roots, ftalks, &c. ; plough 

 ed, freed from weeds andrubbifh, properly pul- 

 verifed, fufficiently limed, and then fown with 

 wheat I it would enfure a good crop. This 

 fort, of land may be carried on five or fix years 

 by lime, before you have it in grafs again : and 

 were you to debit the reft of the farm with the 

 produce of it in the article of manure, there 

 would be at leaft twelve loads due to lay upon 

 it with the feeds, or after the firft year of de- 

 pafturing it. 



In very ftrong clay, allies will prevent that 

 clofe adhefion of the parts which is fo great an 

 enemy to vegetation. In a fandy foil, alhes, 

 lime, and manure would furnifh a compoft that 



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