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 SECTION LVIII. 



Method of treating Meadow-land , and harveft* 



ing Hay, 



THROUGHOUT this Work the reader 

 will find many inftruflions refpedling the treat- 

 ment of meadow-land, and they may all be re- 

 duced within a very fhort compafsj manuring, 

 watering, and cleaning. If the occupier will 

 pay proper attention to thefe three articles, he 

 need not be in fear of a fcanty crop. 



To lliew what bad management it is to deal 



out manure with a fparing hand we will 



fuppofe a farmer takes a load of hay to market, 

 and brings no manure back. For the hay he 

 receives four pounds, the produce we will fay 

 of one acre of land, for which he pays thirty 

 (hillings yearly rent. The next year, to his mor- 

 tification, he finds a decreafe in the quantity of 

 the produce, and may think himfelf well off if 

 he experiences a lofs of five fhillings only, and 

 receives three pounds fifteen fhillings, inflead 

 of four pounds. The fucceeding year there is 

 again a further defalcation, and the weight of 



hay 



