Chap. I. O/Roots and Leaves. 3 



gave a dark flourifhing Colour to thefe three Rows ; 

 and the Turneps in the Row JD, which flood fartheft 

 off from the new-plow'd Land £, received io much 

 Benefit from it, as to grow twice as big as any of 

 the more diftant Rows. The Row C, being a Foot 

 nearer to the new-plow'd Land, became twice as 

 large as thole in D-, but the Row B, which was next 

 to the Land £, grew much larger yet (a). 



F Plate 6. is a Piece of hard whole Ground, of 

 about two Perch in Length, and about two or three 

 Feet broad, lying betwixt thofe two Lands, which 

 had not been plowM that Year ; 'twas remarkable, 

 that during the Length of this interjacent hard 

 Ground, the Rows B, C, D y were as fmall and yel- 

 low as any in the Land. 



The Turneps'm the Row D, about three Feet diftant 

 from the Land£, receiving a double Increafe, proves 

 they had as much Nourifhment from the Land E % 

 as from the Land A, wherein they ftood -, which 

 Nourifhment was brought by lefs than half the 

 Number of Roots of each of thefe Turneps. 



In their own Land they mu ft have extended a 

 Yard all round, elfe they could not have reach'd the 

 Land E, wherein 'tis probable thefe few Roots went 



(a) A like Obfervation to this on the Land E, has been made 

 infeveral Turnep/Fields of divers Farmers, where Lands adjoin- 

 ing to the Turneps have been well tilled ; all the Turneps of" the 

 contiguous Lands that were within three or four Feet, or more, 

 of the newly pulveriz'd Earth, received as great, or greater in- 

 creafe, in the Manner as my Rows BCD did : and what is yet a 

 greater Proof of the Length of Roots, and of the Benefit of deep 

 Hoing, all thefe Turneps have been well Hand-ho'dj which is a 

 good Reafon why the Benefit of the deep Pulveration mould be 

 perceivable at a greater Diftance from it than mine, becaufe my 

 Turneps, not being hoed at all, had not Strength to fend out their 

 Roots through fo many Feet of unpulveris'd Earth, as thefe can 

 through their Earth pulve: iz'd by the Hoe, tho' but mallowly. 



This Obfervation, as 'tii related to me (1 being unable to go 

 far enough to fee it tnyfejf ) fumciently demor.ltrates the mighty 

 Difference there is between Hand-hoing and Horfe-hoing. ' 



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