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ny 5 A— acres of hops to one labourer on a fárm, is as much 3 E he will well manage; and for the moſt part, they are x IE ed the year round, Dro airs, ,/ Nit, ° 7274 4.4% 77/7409 77"+ E R E A LEA,/ Vith/‘ ink È| ed A Deſcription of the Soil in the Iſle of Shepey, with - Improvements that may be made upon the drable » t$, 9A An Lands there, ſubmitted dy W. FAIRMAN-, E: 1 THE ſoil of the uplands in general 1s, as Mr. Boys N obſerves, a Very ſtiff and wet clay; and that of the low Ud- : marſh-land only difers from it in having a mixture of f ſhells and ſea-ſand, which makes 1it ſufüciently E 5 and of courſe, ſound and dry. k L The ſyſtem of managing the arable part of the uplands i is in general vague and 1ndefenfible; yet there are ſome | farmers whoſe practice 1s worthy both of notice and imi- rl Ï tation. The misfortune 1s here, as in all ſoils of a wet and| D, cloſe texture, that the farmer has to expe but a hor ft time in the ſpring and autumn for the cultivation of his z land; and he muft be ſubje& to much inconvenience i from the want of a variety of ſoil, as it 1s hardly poſſible €| Es E CS 2 M e horſe 152 Taf e to find employment for his men and horſes one hâlt of : their time*; and a great ſtrength muſt neceſſarily be kept to avail himſelf of a favourable opportunity when 1t 1 offers. 9o1ls ſimilar to theſe uplands will abſorb a pro- i\

digious quantity of water; which they will retain till the ſun and winds evaporate it, and from that ſtate they Haſtily|

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E e 4 LEER 1 i Zs 1| A b me E RLS LAA| DIE Jp * They might get ſea-fand and ſhells for manure. Editor,