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the loads a6lually carted of it forufe upon nine 

 acres of land. Upon three of thefe acres, fo 

 drilled and managed, there was a mod abun* 

 dant crop. I do believe, that in the whole 

 kingdom there were not to be found on the 

 fame quantity of land fo great a number of 

 cabbages equal in weight, and fo foon ready to 

 cut ; nor of peas that yielded fuch great mea- 

 fure, and that came to perftdlion fo early. This 

 fertility is greatly to be attributed to the ufe 

 of my compoft, and is fufficient, one would 

 imagine, to ftimulate the intelligent and enter- 

 prifing farmer to follow my method in colleft- 

 ing materials for making a compofl; fo fimplc 

 and valuable, and not to fufFer in future (as 

 now is the cafe) the manure to lie until by ex- 

 halation it is deprived of the finefl parts, and 

 drained of the bed juices, to the lofs of more 

 than half the value. 



It may be objected by fome who are bigot- 

 ed to old cuftoms, and enemies to all imorove- 

 ments, '* that every man has not a foil rich 

 enough to mix with manure in order to form 

 the compofl above mentioned." Such a cafe 

 can feldom happen : but we will fuppofe it. — 



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