OF SAMERSETSHIRE« 303 Nule No ſooner is the plough put into his hand, than he uſes it half. without mercy, harraſfing the land with conftant crops, till three its fertility is intirely exhauſted. nely, The landlord, alarmed at theſe baneful effects, endeavours Vag to counterad the progreſs by reſtraining clauſes, and theſe hird are indiſcriminately applied both to good and bad farmers; and are conſidered by the one as bighly neceſſary, and by the Urt, other as exceedingly grievous. not Were we to advert to the general practice of the te-

nants, we ſhould be led to jußify the caution of the land-

ce, lord; but were we to calculate the loſs yearly incurred by do ſuch reſtriitions, we ſhould have cauſe to regret that the covetouſneſs of the occupier ſhould have rendered necefiary a condud ſo inimical to the general weal of the kingdom. In reſpeit to low meadow land, or very rich paſture, there can be but one opinion, viz. that it ſhould ſo remain; but it dd muſft be allowed, that there are in this kingdom large tracts E of old graſs land, zo//y, hide-bound, and, comparatively ſpeak- ing, unproduétive. Land of this deſcription might be aa df improved by ploughing; and if the following courſe of crops, 5 and mode of manuring, were adopted, would be left, a 6 . end of three years, of double the value it was in the ſward. s ON LIGHT LAND. 1. Peaſe or oats on the ley. pa 2d. V etches fed off, and the land manured with lime or S the ſheepfold, preparatory to turnips. 2d. Barley and artificial graſs ſeeds. to In which, let it remain till the graſſes fail, and the land — again becomes moſly; then renew the courſe. and tub- ni ON No