l8o^. Review of Dr tiuntcr^s Ceorgical KJfays, 205 



crown, by the falling down of the haulm into the furrounding 

 trench. Two men and a boy, he fays, are capable of planting an 

 acre in four days, and he places the hills in the quincunx form, 

 mealuring four feet from centre to centre, five cuttings being 

 put into each hill; one in the middle, and the others round it. 

 He thinks the cuftomary prafticc of putting the manure above 

 the fets is injudicious, and afligns very plaufible reafons for the. 

 opinion. 



11. On the cuhitre of turnips. Dr H. conliders the drill me- 

 thod as moft correct, but thinks the broad-caft, or old method, 

 better adapted to the generality of farmers. In our opinion, 

 drilling is attended with lefs trouble than broad-caft, efpecially 

 in the article of hoeing. The machines now ufed are fimple ia 

 their operations, and if the pra<!:1ice requires a fpirited attention, 

 fo does every branch of hulbandry, if it is meant to be fuc- 

 cefsful. 



12. On the culture of carrots The author of this paper ftates 

 his experience in the carrot hulbandry, in a diilincl manner. 

 In our opinion, this root will never be generally cultivated in. 

 Britain, we mean in the fields, nor do we think that it can be ad- 

 vantageoufly ufed in the feeding of animals. 



13. On the Jludy of nature. This is a fhort philofophical 

 paper, and, from the goodnefs of the fentiments, merits a ferious 

 perufal. 



14. On the time of foioing. Here fome marks are defcribed 

 which ought to regulate the period of feed work; but we ftrong- 

 ly fufpeft, that in this variable climate, the mofl of farmers mufl 

 take opportunity when it can be got, without attending to any 

 other lign than that the land will ftand the plough and th-i har- 

 row. In an average of feafons this is necelTarily the cafe ; and 

 as fuch a length of time is confamed betwixt the beginning 

 and ending feed-work, an adherence to rules is utterly imprac- 

 ticable. 



15. On a winey called by the Tartars Koumifs. 



16. On the conneBion betwixt botany and agriculture. This is 

 a very ingenious paper. 



17. On the nature and properties of marl. This is a long 

 paper, and divided into nine fe6tions, each containing a number 

 of experiments. It would require a great deal more room than 

 can be fpared to give fuch a view of the fubje^l as would be in the 

 leaft beneficial to our readers. The experiments are diftinftly 

 detailed. 



18. On agriculture and manufaBures, The firfl objed:, with 

 every nation, is the improvement of its agriculture ; manufac- 

 tures only deferve a fecondary confideration. Perhaps Britain 

 is in that happy ftate which permits both objects to be encou^ 



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