Chap. VI. O/Hoeing. 57 



Plough, have their Heads juft above the Ground, 

 {landing all in a moft regular Order, and are con- 

 stantly plowed in the proper Seafon : Thefe have no 

 other Afliftance, but by Hoeing; becaufe their Head 

 and Pvoots are fo near together, that Dung would 

 ipoil the Tafte of the Wine they produce, in hot 

 Countries. 



All Vineyards muft be ho'd one Way or other 

 (a), or eife they will produce nothing of Value •, but 

 Corn Fields without Hoeing do produce fomething* 

 tho' nothing in Companion to what they would do 

 with it. 



Mr. Evelyn fays, that when the Soil, wherein Fruit- 

 Trees are planted, is conftantly kept in Tillage, they 

 grow up to be an Orchard in half the Time they 

 would do, if the Soil were not til I'd ; and this keep- 

 ing an Orchard-Soil in Arable, is Horfe-hoeing it. 



In fome Places in Berk/hire they have ufed, for a 

 long time to Hand-hoe moft Sorts of Corn, with 

 very great Succefs ; and I may fay this, that I myfelf 

 never knew, or heard, that ever any Crop of Corn 

 was properly fo ho'd, but what very well anfwer'd 

 the Expence, even of this Hand-work ; but be this 

 never fo profitable, there are not a Number of Flands 

 to ufe it in great Quantities ; which poffibly was one 

 Reafon the Antients were not able to introduce it into 

 their Corn-Fields to any Purpofe -, tho' they mould 

 not have been ignorant of the Effect of it, from what 

 they faw it do in their Vineyards and Gardens. 



In the next Place I fhall give fome general Direc- 

 tions, which by Experience I have found neceffary 

 to be known, in order to the Practice of this Hoeing- 

 Hufbandry. 



I. Concerning the Depth to plant at. 



II. The Quantity of Seed to plant. , 



III. And the Difiance of the Rozvs. 



(a) Vines, that cannot be ho'd by the Ploughs, are ho'd by 

 the jjidens, 



I. Tis 



