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crops ; to be particularly mindful that the feed of the brown 

 flravv crops is put to a proper depth in the ground. 



13. To relieve the wet gravelly and fandy loams, of their 

 furplus water, by hollow or open drains ; and to cultivate 

 them occafionally with turnips, according to the Scotch 

 two-furrow, or ridge practice — To leave the field well 

 water- furrowed, and with the aid of fledges to get the crop 

 completely from off the ground before Chriftmas. 



14. In the operation of ploughing, to be 'particularly 

 cautious in cutting the bottom of the furrow clean ; even, 

 and of an uniform depth— To bury every weed by whelm- 

 ing the flice or furrow completely over ; and to guard as 

 much as poflible againft unnecelTary draught, by forming 

 and expofmg a frefli furface too frequently, in the prepara- 

 tion for turnips. 



15. To purfue the dibbing and the drilling hufbandry in alF 

 cafes, where circumflances will admit, in preference to that 

 of broadcafl:. 



16.T0 forbear the ufe of thehorfe hoe amongiTcorn ; (unlefs 

 the intervals are of an extraordinary width) — To hand hoe 

 with particular caution; and rather among white ftraw 

 crops, to depend upon the weed hook, than the hoe, for the 

 deftrudion of thiflles. 



17. To difcontinue the pra(5lice of boarding the harveft 

 men, and to put out to them by the acre, the cutting and 

 inning of the harveft. 



18. To cut wheat with fome fap in the ftraw, rather than 

 fufFer it to be full ripe before it is reaped— By the former 

 pra£lice the fample will be much improved, the head corn 

 ■will be faved from /bedding ; and by giving it plenty of field 

 room, it will leave the flraw as freely, and be thrafhed with 

 as much eafe as- if it were dead ripe before that it was 



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