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arife from it. Therefore I fhould pare and 

 burn all fward-lands intended to be ploughed 

 up and converted into tillage, and the deeprr 

 it is burned the better; for which reafon I 

 ihould ufe the plough inftead of the fpade. I 

 do not think it rteceflarVi o^ o^d fwards, to 

 biirn the fods down to a dead afh : but take 

 care to burn the grafs, and fufficiently foio-^ 

 ther the fods, fo as that they might be pro- 

 perly pulverifed. Thus would be deftroyed 

 the worms, grubs, &c. and likewife their 

 eggs, or broods of young, fo pernicious to 

 crops of every kind. — But as this Work is in- 

 tended for the ufe of all countries and all condi- 

 tions, care is likewife taken to give dire^lionSj 

 how to improve land where the tenant is re- 

 ftridled from paring and burning, viz. by 

 ploughing up fwards, and fetting potatoes; as 

 I give it as a rule by fome means to pulverife 

 the foil as foon as you can, after land is broke 

 up. 



•My frequent repetitions in recommending 

 the making draw into manure, and laying it 

 on the land^ may have (Iruck fome readers : 



thefe 



