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. ^ Article XXIII. 



On the Advantage of Hoeing, 

 [In a letter to the Secretary,] 

 Sir, 

 nP'HE Bath Society frequently beftows premiums 



"*■ on perfons who raife the heavieft and cleaned 

 crops of turnips, that have been twice or more 

 times hoed. Might it not be right to extend thefe * 

 premiums to every fpecies of corn and pulfe, as 

 none can doubt but thofe would receive equal be- 

 nefit from the ufe of the hoe? The farmer who 

 may be tempted to introduce the hand or horfe-hoe 

 through every part of his arable land, would find 

 very little occafion to make ufe of manure, and 

 might totally extinguilli both winter and fummer 

 fallows. If he doubt the truth of this afTertion, 

 let him try the hoe upon one half, or a lefs part of 

 his ploughed land, without any manure, for ^wt 

 fucceflive years, and cultivate the other part of his 

 farm agreeably to his ufual mode, for the fame 

 term of years, and I pledge myfelf, that double 

 the crop will be obtained from the land whereon 

 the hoe has been effe6lually ufed, to that which 

 can poflibly be raifed upon any lands that are ma- 

 nured and fallowed, or cultivated ija the pld or 

 common way. 



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