i PREFACE. 



Trade, Power, and every other Advantage, muft 

 be againft us. 



There haVe been Objections made by fome to 

 Mr. Tull's Method, as if it were practicable only 

 on fuch Lands as are foft and light, and not at 

 all on ftiff and ftony Ground. That it hath not 

 been praclifed on either of thefe Lands in Eng- 

 land we are willing to grant - y but we muft not 

 from thence infer that it is impoflible to apply it 

 to them. For the Hoe-Plough has been very 

 long ufed in the Vineyards in many Countries, 

 where the Soil is ftronger, and abounds with 

 Stones full as much as any Part of this Country. 

 However, though the Ufe of this Plough may 

 be attended with fome Difficulties upon fuch 

 Land, for Wheat, or Plants of low Growth, 

 whofe Roots may be in Danger of being turned 

 out of the Ground, or their Tops buried by the 

 Clods or Stones ; yet none of the larger-grow- 

 ing Plants are fubjecl: to the fame Inconveniencies. 

 Befides, the ftronger the Soil is, the more Benefit 

 will it receive from this Method of Culture, if 

 the Land be thereby more pulverized^ which 

 will certainly be the Confequence, where the 

 Method laid down by Mr. Tull is duly obferved. 

 But as moft Inftruments, in their Firft Ufe, 

 are attended with fome Difficulty, efpecially in 

 the Hands of fuch as are indocile, the Hoe-plough 

 has been complained of, as cumberfome and un- 

 wieldy to the Horfe and Ploughman. But per- 

 haps this arifes chiefly from the Unwillingnefs of 



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