c)6 O/Whea t. Chap. IX. 



when a Furrow is turn'd from the lower Row, enough 

 of the Earth to bury that Row will be apt to run 

 over on the Left-fide of the Plough •, unlefs it goes 

 at fuch a Diftance from the Row, as to give it no 

 Benefit of Hoeing. 



Thefe Ridges mould be made ftrait and equal • 

 And to make them ftrait (c) all good Ploughmen 

 know how •, and they will, by fetting up Marks to 

 look at, plow in a Line like the Path of an Arrow: 

 But to make the Ridges equal, 'tis necefTary to mark 

 out a Number of them,, before you begin to plow, 

 by lhort Sticks fet up at each End of the Piece •, and 

 then if one Ridge happen to be a little too broad, 

 the next may be made the narrower; for if the 

 Plough comes not out exactly at the fecond Stick, the 

 Two Ridges may be made equal by the next Plow- 

 ing, or by the Drilling; but if many contiguous 

 Ridges mould be too wide, or too narrow, 'twill be 

 difficult to bring them all to an Equality afterwards, 

 without levelling the whole Piece, and laying out the 

 Ridges all anew. 



The exact Height of Ridges, which is beft, I can- 

 not determine (d) : A different Soil may require a 

 different Height, according to the Depth, Richnefs, 

 and Pulveration of the Mould. As Wheat covets 

 always to lie dry in the Winter, fo there is no other 

 way to keep it fo dry as thefe Ridges; for when they 

 are, after the firft Hoeing, about Eighteen Inches 



(c) But if the Piece be*of fuch a crooked or Terpentine Form, 

 that the Ridges cannot well be plov/d ftrait the ftrft Time, 'tis 

 befl to drill it upon the Level ; and then the marking Wheels 

 may direct for making the Row all parallel and equidiftant j 

 which will guide the Plough to make all the Ridges for the next 

 and all the fubfequent Crops, as equal. 



(d) I find by meafuring my Wheat Ridges in the Spring, that 

 rtone of them are quite a Foot high ; and iome of them only Six 

 Inches ; but I know not how much they have fubfided in the' 

 Winter ; for they were certainly higher when firft made. 



broad. 



