352 MEANS OF SPEEDY WOODING 



improved by mixing it with sandy loam, and soil of 

 a light nature with clay. Both, according to Sir 

 Henry Steuart, may be fertilized by receiving a 

 mixture of peat-moss. Clay or earth of a lighter 

 nature, may, in general, be easily procured, without 

 robbing the land, from which either is taken, of any 

 of its productive powers. Mark oW a space of suffi- 

 cient size for the purpose, in any field, and lay aside 

 the supersoil or vegetable mould. The substratum 

 is then to be taken to as great a depth as may be 

 necessary, or, as it remains of a good quality, and 

 carried to the place or places where it is wanted. 

 When a sufficient quantity of it for the purpose in- 

 tended, has been procured and carted off, a foot 

 deep more of it should be dug up and laid on the 

 edge of the pit. The latter is then to be filled 

 with such small stones as can be found on the sur- 

 face of the field or in the neighbourhood, till only 

 so much space be left as will contain the earth left 

 for the purpose of conveying them. The soil taken 

 from the bottom of the pit is then to be put on, and 

 above it the vegetable mould, which was laid aside 

 at first. This will restore all to its original state, 

 and leave no breach in the ground. 



In laying earth of any kind upon the ground 

 with which it is to be mixed, it should be divided 

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