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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36288	Husbandry anatomized, or, An enquiry into the present manner of teiling and manuring the ground in Scotland for most part and several rules and measures laid down for the better improvement thereof, in so much that one third part more increase may be had, and yet more than a third part of the expence of the present way of labouring thereof saved / by Ja. Donaldson.	Donaldson, James, fl. 1697-1713.	1697 (1697)	Wing D1853; ESTC R10333	43,543	168

is rather to remove the Maladie than enquire any farther after the Cause I shall therefore proceed to lay down several Rules whereby to bring each of these different kinds of Ground to such a temperature as it may be in a condition to nourish any Plant or Seed therein sowen or planted which is done by removing the superfluity of that quality that prevaileth and strengthening of that which is weak For as in humane bodys there are a Composition of the four Elements and through the superfluity or deficiency of any one or more of them Diseases are contracted and fomented so in the Earth there is the like Composition of qualities and so far as heat Moister cold or dryness exceedeth the bounds of a moderat temperatur so far is she Diseased and rendred unfruitful I know some assert the Salt or hot quality that is in the Earth is the only cause of growth of Vigitables And consequently barreness to be only for want of this quality I confess where this quality is wanting altogether Barrenness cannot but ensue And also that this quality is that which is most frequently deficient in our cold Climate And moreover thô it be strengthned or assisted yet by teiling and Manuring of the Earth it s extracted forth into the substance of grain and other vigitables and so needeth frequently to be renewed Notwithstanding of all which with submission to men of greater Judgement I am of opinion there may be abundance of this Hot or Salt quality where there is as much barrenness as any where else But that I may confirm this assertion I say I have seen a field fatned sufficiently with Dung yet by reason of great drowght it has yielded small increase yea scarce one third of what it has done at other times The cause surely was not for want of this Hot or Salt Quality but allanerly for want of Moister Again I have seen a field that wanted not ●nough of this Hot quality by excessive Rains after it has been tiled and sown with Good Grain has produced little else but weeds and Thristles for that season also I have seen strong Clay ground where the clods remained firm and unbroken did not produce so much by far for that Season as at other times when by reason of the Frost in the Winter the clods have easily Mouldred to pieces Notwithstanding it was otherwayes in no better Condition which makes me believe the want of Air tho there be a moderat temperature of the other qualities hinders the growth of Vigitables for tho it want not Air in the stalk which is above ground yet in this confirmed Earth the Air cannot have free access to th● Root Another thing which confirms me in this opinion is where Trees grow closs or near the Bottom of hedges little or nothing doth grow Morover I have seen in the Bottom of a dung hill Plewed and sown tho round about the borders thereof the corn has been extraordiner strong and good yet where most of the strength of dung did remain little or nothing did grow which says the excesse of this hot quality tho there be a moderat temperature of all the rest doth hinder fruitfulness I observed formerly that within the bounds of a mile of ground in some places there may be seen fields in equal circumstances as to the manner of Situation and yet differing in other circumstances very much for which I can understand no cause save the primative constitution but for Valys being generally more fertile then hills I humbly conceive one or all of these reasons may be given First The internal heat of the earth warming the Air next unto it and in respect the hills are farder extended from the center than the Valys and b●ing so much higher where the Air is more pure and less warmed by this internal heat they are so much colder and consequently more unfruitfull Or secondly If it be said it is not the internal heat of the Earth that warmeth the Air but rather the reflex heat of the Sun Beams it is the same thing upon the Matter for whither the heat be from the Earth it self or the Sun's heat re●●yling still the Valys have the advantage of the Mountains in respect the Air that is lowest receiveth the greatest share thereof 3. So much as the hills are higher than the Valys they ly the more open to the Air which has a quicker motion the higher it is and Air moved is much colder than when it is not moved whither it be in that it is warmed by things nixt to it when it standeth still and when it is moved fresh Air still approaching which has not been warmed be the cause why the one is warmer then the other I shall not determin But the matter of Fact is beyond contraversy that the Air moved is much colder than when it is not moved and Valys being much sheltered from the violence of Storms are keep'd so much the warmer and consequently are the more Fertile Moreover hills being steep the Rain runneth presently off so soon as it falleth and doth not only carry that salt or hot Quality that is in it self away But if the Ground be not well Soarded carryeth part of the Earth also away with it self And on the contra●e Valys lying near level Rain cannot run suddenly off but getting time to soak or sink in the Ground the salt Quality remaineth still whereby the Earth is much Inriched By the above mentioned Observations you may see it is Heat principally that makes the Valys more fertile than the Hills It follows ●hat if other Ground can be warmed to the like degree it may thereby be made as fertile I shall therefore in the following Chapters give some Directions how this may be performed which may be done two wayes First By assisting the Internal H●at Next By restraining the External Cold of each in their places CHAP. II. How to bring every kind of Ground to a right Temperature so far as may be NOw to follow the Example of a skilfull Physitian after finding out the Disease he prescriveth Medicines sutable to be applyed to each various Distemper so shall we after this search and enquirie into the Nature and constitution of these different kinds of ground above mentioned See next what measures are to be taken to bring the same to a moderat temperature And as the Apostle says in another case Paul may Plant and Apollo may Water But 't is GOD that giveth the Increase So let men be never so industrious or carefull about their worldly Affairs yet if GOD give not a blessing to the means their labour is in vain For how often is it seen that after a hopeful Spring an unseasonable Summer maketh a scarce Harvest and after a seasonable Summer good appearence of a plentiful harvest by intemperat weather a few weeks much of the fruits of the Earth have been consum●d I am not so much an Astrologer as to impute the cause of this to

7907. As for any other Literal Errors incident to creep into all Books throw mistake be pleased to correct them your selves And if it were proper here to make an Appologie for my self I might plead the more to be excused in respect I have been so hastened to have this finished before the Session sate down and other Reasons needless here to repeat that before I wrote the second Sheet the first was at the Press and never after had I one Sheet of Coppy ready at once the whole time it was a printing THE PREFACE to the READER NEighbours and Country men this small Treatise may seem to bear a Title which in the following Sheets cannot be made good I confess before I took a particular look into every Circumstance of this Project I could scarce beleive such a thing could be But after peruse● let the Iudicious Reader Iudge how far I have accomplished my Undertaking I know it is seldom that any new Project is much encouraged by most of you and he that proposeth it reputed a Wise Man However I have rather chosen to hazard upon the Censure of all than conceal that which may be profitable to any And seing the chief mistery of this Project consists in your Prudent and Exact Calculation as I remarked in my Answer to the 2 d. Objection wherefore I yet once more Recomend it in this and all other Cases I doubt not but some may cast it in my Teeth since I am so good at Teaching others how to improve their Stocks How cometh it to pass that I have been so far mistaken in forecasting of my own Affairs To which I Answer Perhaps I may now be a better Gamester than formerly while my Carts were a playing Moreover it was not altogether my want of Skill in Calculating that made my Projects to misgive But grant it to be as ye suppose it doth not follow but my Advice may be both Profitable and Reasonable A Mariner that hath suffered Ship-wrack may be as good a Pilote in that same Channel where he lost his Ship as another that has come that same Way with a Prosperous Gale and Full-Sea sailing over the hide Rocks and dangerous Banks If you think my Advice Reasonable take it Gratis and welcome If not buy Experience at th Rate I have done HUSBANDRY Anatomized OR An Enquiry into the present manner of Manuring the Ground in Scotland for most part and several Rules and Measures laid down for the better Improvement thereof c. WHEN Almighty GOD Created the World by the Word of his Power He could have made Men to live without Food as well as Angels Or yet have made the Earth to bring forth all manner of Food for him without Labour or Industry as it doth for Ca●●le and creeping things But so it was that He that is Infinit in Wisdom saw it meet to assign Man a dayly exercise in earning his Food and Rayment whereby he is not only diverted from following some bad Practice But also that thereby he may see his great frailty in that he is not able to live without dayly Subsistance and Refreshment from Creatures inferiour to himself As also he thereby may learn to know his great need of Spiritual Nourishment to his Soul in as much as it is more precious than the Body together with many other profitable Lessons No doubt if Man had continued in the Estate of Innocencie his Labour had been rather a Pleasure than a Toyle as may be gathered from the Sentence pronounced against Adam where it 's said From thenceforth by the Sweat of his Brows he should Earn his Bread untill he should return unto the Dust 'T is plain enough it had not fated so with him were not for his Transgression And upon Cain's Transgression the Earth is again Cursed that thenceforth it should not yeeld its strength What wonder thô before this time it had become a barren Wilderness considering the dayly multiplyed Transgressions of the Children of Men But this being extraneous to my purpose and that which I am not capable to decipher I shall remit it to the Contemplation of Divines But that I may come to the purpose I shall first take some general Observations concerning the present Constitution of the Earth 2. Lay down certain Rules for bringing every kind of Ground to a right Temperature so far as may be 3 An Enquirie into the present manner of manuring the Ground through most part of this Kingdom 4 Lay down several Rules for manuring it to greater advantadge tho not inclosed 5 How much more by Parking and Inclosures 6. Concerning Stock-keeping 7. Something concerning Planting 8. Some directions how to sow several Garden Seeds and Roots And lastly I shall enervat what Objections I conceive may be framed against any of my propositions CHAP. I. Of the Earth's Constitution in general ANd first I say notwithstanding that Proverb is of verity There is never a Tale without a Reason That is there is no Effect but from some certain Cause yet 't is as true there may be many things really true in Effect that we do not well know from what Cause And seing I am neither Philosopher nor Alchymist I hope the moderat Reader will not altogether disprove or misregard my propositions where the matter of fact is evident altho I cannot give a Philosophical definition of the Cause Nevertheless that I may not desire the Reader to credit my bare Assertion without any ground I shall in some measure endeavour according to my weak capacity to give him satisfaction in this point And first I say it cannot be denyed but some places of the Earth are Moist and Cold and other places Hot and dry The cause of which differences some aleadge to be by the influence of the Planets and other Coelestial Bodys by which also they make all Minerals to be Engendered I shall not say but there maybe much truth in this for in these Climates lying nearest the Equinoctial geting a larger share of the Sun's heat are generally more fertile providing it be not scorching than other places more remote as I shall afterward show Neither shall I altogether deny but other Planets may also have some influence Notwithstanding of all which I cannot be perswaded through influence of the Planets there can be with in the bounds of a mile of ground or perhaps less one field hot and sandy Another cold clay ground A third Marish and Boggie A fourth dry Heath ground A fifth a tollerable mixture of all these c. Now seing these differences cannot be from the forementioned Cause it must be from its primitive Constitution or I shall not dive any farther into it To enquire any more after the Cause of this is like a person coming where there is a house on fire and in stead of endeavouring to quench the Flame calleth out How did the Fire break out How was the House kendled The thing required in this case seing the Effect is unqustionable