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fubject; and fince my converfion to this doctrine, 

 I have been at the pains to procure fome infor- 

 mation from practical farmers, in hopes thereby 

 to enlarge the very narrow and contracted circle 

 of ideas I have on that fubject. 



I have learned from them, that it is not un- 

 ufual in fome parts of the country, for the farmers 

 to harrow their fields after the grain is fprung up. 

 In Norfolk, they harrow their fummer corn, but 

 not their wheat. In EiTex, they harrow their 

 wheat, but not their fummer corn. 



Upon invefligating the principles upon which 

 thefe practices are founded, I found them con- 

 fined merely to that of pulverizing the earth, 

 without any attention to Mr. Miller's doctrine: 

 they faid, " that after very heavy rains, and then 

 " exceflive dry weather, the furface of their lands 

 •< was apt to be caked, the tender fibres of the 

 " young roots were thereby prevented from pufh- 

 " ing, and of courfe, the vegetation was greatly 

 * obftructed ; in fuch inftances, they found very 

 <f great benefit from harrowing and rolling." 



My own reafon tells me their principles are 

 well founded, fo far as relates to pulverizing; but 

 I contend, that the benefit arifing from harrowing 



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