45^ 6 F H O R S E-H O E S. PartlV. 



" by one turn of the fingle or double cultivator, as M. de Chateau- 

 ** vieux dired:s. 



" But as, even after all thefe plowings, the great furrow may 

 " chance to be neither deep enough, nor fufficiently cleared of mould, 

 " owing either to the imperfedion of the inftruments made ufe of, 

 " or to the inaptitude of the plowman ; that defedl may eafily be 

 " remedied after harveft, by giving one plowing more, which is to 

 " be begun by throwing up the earth to the right hand and the left, 

 " to\yards the fummit of the beds, that is to fay, over the ftubble. 

 " This pradtice is alfo confirmed by M. de Chateau-vieux's in- 

 " ilruclions. 



" The one plowing extraordinary which this operation requires, 

 "ought not to be thought much of; becaufe the moft important 

 " thing in the new hufbandry certainly is, the providing of a good 

 " depth of well ftirred mould, for the plants to extend their roots 

 " in." 



_ ' CHAP. IV. 



Of G RA NA R I E S. 



'T~^HO' we are not, in this kingdom, under the fame neceflity 

 ■*■ as fome foreign countries, of building large edifices for gra- 

 naries, becaufe our harvefls are much lefs apt to fail us; yet, as it 

 muft be of great advantage to every farmer to be able to preferve 

 a large quantity of grain in an inconfiderable fpace, where there 

 will be no danger of its heating and fermenting, where it will be out 

 of the reach of animals and infedls to prey upon it, and where 

 there will be no fear of the ignorance or want of judgment of the 

 perfon intruded with the care of it; to obtain thefe advantages 

 without much coft or trouble, we think it will be right to give fome 

 dirediions for this purpofe, which it may be in the power of any 

 one to put in pradtice : referring thofe who can afi'ord to be at a 

 more confiderable expence, to the larger means pointed out by 

 the writers on this fubjedt. Among thefe, the firft place is moil 

 defervedly given to that beneficent friend to mankind, the Rev. 

 Dr. Hales. M. Duhamel has more particularly applied the ufe of 

 ventilators to the prefervation of corn, and has likewife added the 

 ufe of ftove-granaries. As the eredling of thefe laft is attended 

 with an expence which the generality of farmers can feldom afford, 



we 



