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allowed one Load of Compoft, *twill be a very good Al- 
lowance. 
Marle (of the blue Kind) isa good Manure for light fandy 
Land; which, if laid on with Difcretion, will laft fifteen or 
twenty Years: For where Mar/e is ufed, the Poorne/s and 
Depth of the Ground is to be always confidered. On tolerable 
good Land may be laid eighty or an hundred Loads to an 
Acre; and on that as is darren and deep, from two hundred to 
four hundred Loads each Acre. 
Clay of the lighter Sort is good Manure for Light fhelfy Gra- 
vel, or fandy Land; but Care mult be taken that the Clay is 
not digged in too deep. If an equal Quantity of C/ay and 
Sand be equally mix’d together, the Compoft will be a very 
good Loam. 
Cow-Dung is an excellent Soil for hot Lands, as alfo Deers, 
Sheep, Hogs, and Bullocks Dungs. 
Sandy Loams are {ome of the very beft Lands for Garden- 
zg, and require but little Help ; yet notwithftanding, Time 
doth eraze out all the Signs and Marks of their Strength, 
which may be reftored, or greatly improved as follows: 
To one Load of Horfe-Dung (well rotted) add a Quarter 
of a Load of Sea-Sand, (if to be had eafy, if not, other Sand,) - 
the fame Quantity of Lime flacked, as alfo of Pigeon Sheep- 
Dung, and Cow-Dung, half a Load of Cha/k, beaten fimall, and 
half a.Load of Mare; mix them proportionally together, and 
it will be a good Compoft, fit for immediate Ufe. 
Chalk and Marle makes a good Compofi: Toevery feven 
Load of Marle add ten Load of Chak: If you allow 
Marle in greater Quantity, *twill make Lands too luxuriouge — 
Secondly, The Mauures proper for mellow Loamy Land, whofe: 
Bottom is inclinable to Brick-Earth, is Horfe-Dung well 
rotted, with fome Sea-Coal Afbes, mix’d with it, well-tenc 
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