The Tragical Kitchen Gardiner. 



was ordered for the improvement of 

 about two acres and a half of land, 

 "Vtz. two hundred load of pond earth, 

 two hundred load of natural mold, 

 three hundred load of the fatteft fand 

 that cou'd be got, two hundred load of 

 rotten dung, and fifty load of cok-afhes^ 

 all thefe mix'd and blended well toge- 

 ther, with the natural mold and burn- 

 bake afties put all together, containing a- 

 bout fifteen hundred or two thoufand 

 load, has made it one of the beft pieces 

 of land that I ever yet law planted up- 

 on, and is much better than fo much 

 dung ufed by it felf, as I fhall always 

 recommend with earneftnefs. And this 

 method is what in general may be ob- 

 ferv'd in all poor foils, where the ground 

 is neverthelefs inclineable to a kind of 

 difFncfs, and where the ftaple is not 

 deep. 



But for foils of other kinds, that are 

 very moift, wet and heavy, I prefcribe 

 other methods \ tho' if it be a fwardy 

 ground 1 begin with burn-baking firft, 

 which I do in the fummer time, when 

 the turf will bcfl: take fire ; after which 

 1 let it lie on heaps till I have brought 

 in all the other materiars that will by 

 iind by follow. ^'^ I have 



