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Show I iiAnajilcVift.of gouVd.wliich', had he come reduced by aisucqessiou or crops, -so that ifproduced only: '500 pounds'Of hay-to hay-to the. acreJ I '.wished to dig a Cellar Under my harn, otid concluded to try an exjierl-meutvyith exjierl-meutvyith thcr earih, ilmt was takctvout,-I, takctvout,-I, measured, off. one, aero, of. the rieldubovo mentioned, and drew tho arth frbm the Cl!ar "upon, it,covcring the piece to the deptU of twd or three inches . when it was evenly spread; .Tbi Was turned, under tho same Antuniu.totuQ depth of Cinches; The next Spring it! was harrowed, thoroughlv. and one half planted to ;pdtatotsVand the other hftlf sown to oats Jthn result ,wos onebundredl and ttjcnty-Ava bushels, of, potatoes, of as fine a quality as I ever raised, and thirty, bushels of oats. I again plowcd.it in the Antumn, going! two Inches' deeper thaa-tho previomplbwlng,- .Ihj the.Springl .thoroughly mixed and pnl-j vcrlxedjthe.soil. andjtowedlo wheat, and j sceded-'tbclovcr arid .tlmoihy grass. li had a stout growth of straw, but owing to thft.weo.vib, the( yield, was but, 15 bushels! of wheat. Jhavosincc cut two. tens of bay to the' acre for two years; .. J, think Jhebur'crbps'haVc well, pidd me for. the trouble ortrying.the experiment, and the result1 has been", thus far, qui(e'os good'as though ! had npplied thirtyloads b manure man-ure td.thee land. The sbil'tvas clayeyf the earth applied wbs a yellow loam. I think the mixInn;-of'soils, as clay opOh sand, 6r sand upon clay, will prove otigreat benefit bene-fit where th'aatcrlals for making an nbuiidaacp ofmaunrc are scarce Av A, PinncB, |