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ed : I never had them in fo good condition before : but I was wilt- 

 ing to go ftill farther; and that for the following reafon. 



" I had obferved that there is always a greater depth of fine 

 mould in the middle of the bed, when it is placed in the fpace be- 

 fore occupied by the great furrow in the middle of the alley. I 

 had not difpofed my beds in that mariner till the fecond year. 



" I therefore thought it advifeable to change the place of the 

 beds. I did fo, at the fifth plowing, by filling up the great fur- 

 row, which now became the middle of the new bed. The earth 

 being in a very loofe ftate, a great deal of it was heaped up by each 

 turn of the plough, with eafe to the horfes, and with fpeed. The 

 middle of the beds was raifed as much as might have been thought 

 neceffary : but I raifed it flill higher, by the fixth and lall; plowing, 

 by cutting the firfl furrow in the middle of the bed, and turning 

 the earth up from right and left towards it. 



" By thefe plowings, the mould of the beds will be admirably 

 well prepared even the firft year, and the feed fowed therein will 

 not fail to vegetate very abundantly. It is by this means that I 

 have brought the middle of my beds to the depth of i 5 or 18 inches 

 of fine loofe mould, in which the perpendicular roots of the plants 

 extend themfelves and multiply eafily, and find plenty of nouri/h- 

 ment, which they afterwards tranfmit to the plants themfelves. 



" I Hiall merition farther, as a proof of the finenrfs to which thefe 

 plowings brought the earth, that I was not obliged to harrow my 

 beds, before I fowed them. 



" Some may perhaps objedl, that all this requires much labour, 

 great trouble, and confiderable expence : and how, will it be added, 

 can one find time for fo many plowings ? 



" To this I anfwer : firft, that allowing all this to be true, the 

 crop will make very ample amends for it. What follows will 

 tfi:abli(h this truth beyond all doubt. 



*' Secondly, that this labour ought not to difcourage any one. 

 The four firft plowings are abfolutely neceffary, as all will agree ;. 

 and the fifth and fixth are performed with fuch eafe, and in fo much, 

 lefs time than the common plowings, and efpecially the luft, for 

 which one horfe will generally be fufficient, that it will eafily be 

 perceived I do not propofe a thing either too difficult or too expen- 

 five to execute. 



*' The fields of the three experiments in this article, were pre-- 

 pared in the manner I have now related. 



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