AGRICULTURE. 



-.:i. in nl .,..,.,_-, :> -'Mr-, . , \. !i'-!i i' ought 

 r.ither to he diniin'..shi:d. l'iw i.-i-islv to 

 the manuring of grau land i' 



particularly beneficial, a.-. 

 vi- r it In- that is -,] ; :ul mcr the ground 

 finds, in consequence of this im-tliod, 

 more rapid access to the roots, and a 

 smaller quantity is remarked to answer 

 the end proposed than a considerably 

 larger one without this practice. The 



in may undoubtedly be beneficial 



s and soils, and expe- 

 . . c evinced that it is so. 



The use of the roller, however, upon 

 'iids of a certain description, will 



be admitted to be preferable ; and with 

 :.o arable land, this new process by 



no means interferes with the application 



of the roller, for all the purposes which 



have been mentioned. 



Drill Husbandry. 



The system of drill husbandry has 

 been long known to be extremely prefera- 

 ble on sandy soils and dry loams, and in 

 Norfolk particularly it made a rapid an. I 

 :-ogress upon such land-*. It 

 has latterly been introduced on the strong- 

 soils of Suffolk. The objects of this hus- 

 bandry are, the promotion of the growth 

 of plants by hoeing, and the saving of 



objects, it will be universally ad- 

 milted, of great importance. It was well 

 knoun, that in gardens the hoeing and 

 transplantation of vegetables often dou- 

 bled their vigour: analogv therefore natu- 

 rally led to the conclusion, that a similar 



would occur from the same ma- 

 nagement of arable lands, and experience 

 he practicability and the 

 advantage of it. I .and sowed with wheat, 

 howe\cr well prepared and finished it 

 may be in the u.iuimii, sinks in winter, so 

 that in the spring it possesses too great 



the tree extension of 

 the roots for the collection of nourish- 



b) in extreme need of 

 .teract these 

 inter, there- 

 hoc ing inex- 

 pressibly more than what is sown in the 

 spring; the land in the latter c. 

 bin ing had the fame time to harden, nor 

 io produce many weeds b\ exposure to 

 the winter .snow and rain. 



As the \i^o,irof the plan's upon the 

 drill s\Vicm i- \cry considerably increas- 

 ed, the. land must be sowed much thin- 

 ner than in the old practice ; a circum- 

 . which, in unreflecting minds, has 

 -. considerable objection, it 



appearing at the first view, which on such 

 is not 01 ,!y im- 



e, that tli. 



ttnmon 



M: most pro- 

 ductive lands, the seeds, though very 

 tliickly sown, produce each but one or two 

 ears, whereas two or three are uni\ 

 produced by each in the latter mode, and 

 sometimes a single one will produce 18 

 In the old method, there being by 

 far more plants ihan nourishment. 

 most perish without attaining maturity, 

 and many of the remainder < 

 ly in a languid and drooping state ; where- 

 as in the other method all have as much 

 nutriment as they require, and though 

 comparatively few, being far mor. 

 rous in their vegetation, tl. 

 larger produce than the numero;.-. but 

 sickly plants cultivated in the ordinary 

 method. 



For the application of this new mode, 

 howerer it is ex; 



have been brought into good liKh !>y 'he 

 old method, which being d;-i 

 be so thinly sown as to leave sufficient 

 room for the plants to extend themvh -s. 

 It must be divided for this purpose into 

 rows, 30 inches distant from each 

 which will give an interval >f two 

 feet between the rows, even' plant there- 

 by having ample room to extend Hs 

 roots and collect its food. In such con- 

 siderable intervals, also, the. ear^h may 

 be hoed roiuid the plants w'hi. 

 hazard of injury to them. The first hoe- 

 ing should be applied w hen the " 

 in leaf, before winter, and id designed to 

 draw off' the wet, and 

 to be mellowed, by frost The Sl 

 after the hard frosts are p:-.s- 

 latedfor making the plant* 

 1\ . The ttrrd maybe very slight, and 

 should be given when the cars b 

 appear. The last should be given when 

 the wheat is in bloom, and is 

 est importance, as it i: 

 at the extremities, and 

 of the grain. In the middle of UK- inter- 

 vals a deep furrow must be traced, and 

 the catfh be thrown to the r'ght ai 

 on the foot of the plants. R 

 application of the earth in this manner 

 the plants are supported, and pr. 

 from being laid, and the ground is pre- 

 pared for the ni v sowing, in which the 

 - to be put in the middle of the 

 ground that formed the inte. 



The practice of hoeing ma\ ta'.e p'aco 

 at almost anytime in light and dr; 

 Uut on strong and clay ones, in 



