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(c3s all of them more than the aflies in 

 qucfi-ion. 



Another cuxumftance, very important, 

 is the great efficacy of this hufbandry, in 

 deftroying ling and other fpontaneous rub- 

 bifh, at the fame time that all grubs, 

 worms and infe6ls are killed j thefe are 

 advantages unequalled by any other mode 

 of breaking up land. 



For thefe reafons, and a thoufand others 

 too numerous to mention here, let me, on 

 all accounts, advife the improver of thefe 

 waftes to adhere to a pradice proved from 

 innumerable experiments to be excellent, 

 and not fly to fchemes that are recom- 

 mended by reafoning alone. Let him 

 cordially embrace a method fingular in 

 that admirable circumftance of reducing 

 the wildefl, blackefc defart in the fpace 

 of a fmgle month into profitable crops ; 

 a point fufficient to overcome all the ar- 

 guments againfl the practice, were every 

 one true. I have a6lually feen a fine 

 promifing crop of turnips on land, that 

 only a month before was as black as night 

 itfelf. 



