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is drawn by one horfe over the land, and clofes up 

 the holes. By this mode, three pecks of grain is 

 fufficient for an acre ; and being immediately buried, 

 it is equally removed from vermin, or the power of 

 froft. The regularity of its rifing gives the beft 

 opportunity of keeping it clear from weeds, by 

 weeding or hand-hoeing. 



In a word, this pradlice is replete with greater 

 utility than any that has been made in the agricul- 

 tural art, 



In a parochial view, it merits the higheft atten-. 

 tion, as it tends gready to lefTen the rates, by em- 

 ploying the aged and children, at a feafon too when 

 they have little elfe to do. It faves to the Farmerji 

 and to the public, fix pecks of Seed Wheat in every 

 acre, which, if nationally adopted, (without confi- 

 dering the fuperior produce) would afford bread for 

 more than half a millioj;i of people,* 



The expence of fetting by hand is now reduced 

 to about fix iliillings an acre, and a very complete 

 Drill- Plough has lately been introduced among 



• This 18 a, confideratioii of the utmoft confequencc, efpecially when 

 What is dear. We are fennble of the utility of this method, and warmly 

 ccommend it§ being generally adopted in the Wedcrn Counties. 



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