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same instrument, more acres per day, than were sown 

 by it in the same time ; and if another rake is construct- 

 ed, with the tines to run in each furrow, and overturn 

 some weeds cut off, under the surface of the soil, which 

 have escaped being tu'^ned over with the hoes in the 

 drill, the cultivation will be as complete as can be rea- 

 dily imagined ; this rake will also effectually cover the 

 grass seeds, which should be sown previous to the se- 

 cond horse hoeing. Both of those rakes should be fix- 

 ed, not to swerve in the least from side to side, but to 

 traverse readily up and down. 



To be better understood, it may be necessary to ap- 

 ply the system recommended, to a round of crops, 

 leaving the farmer to apply the principles of it, to such 

 crops as may be best suited to his market and purpo- 

 ses ; for with prudence he may grow any. The cul- 

 tivation of the corn crop, furnishes an open, free soil 

 for barley, in the spring. The decaying manure and 

 roots of the grasses have not been exposed to loss, the 

 weeds within the power of vegetation, have been ge- 

 nerally destroyed, and it being an object of high con- 

 sideration, that all the seeds of weeds, which can be 

 avoided, should not be turned up, and the riches at 

 the bottom preserved, a large hoe harrow, calculated 

 for two horses, should be introduced. Implements of 

 this description, but more expensively formed, are call- 

 ed by some, cultivators, and are sometimes made very 

 large, but those spread over too much ground, to ef- 

 fect good cultivation, in the uneven surface of fields 

 generally. That proposed will cultivate the soil eftec 

 tually for the barley, and with half the usual labour, 

 and if the farmer wishes to introduce beans, or any 



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