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taken from the Ridges, will be three Furrows in each 

 Interval-, continue this Plowing as long as the dry- 

 Weather lafteth; and then finifh, by turning the 

 Partitions (whereon the laft Wheat grew) up to the 

 new Ridges, which is ufually done at Two great 

 Furrows. You may plow thefe lad Furrows, which 

 complete the Ridges, in wet Weather. 



To make a Six-feet Ridge very high, will fome- 

 times require more Furrows -, as when the Middle of 

 the Intervals are open very wide and deep, then Six 

 Furrows to the whole Ridge may be necefTary, and 

 they not little ones ; and the Seafon makes a Difference, 

 as well as the Size of the Furrows •, for when the fine 

 Mould is very dry (which is beft), it will much of it 

 run to the Left-hand before the Plough, and alio 

 more will run back again to the Left after the Plough 

 is gone pad it. 



But when fuch Ridges have been madefor Wheat, 

 and the Seafon continues long too dry for planting it, 

 and the Stubble not thrown up, we then plow one 

 deep Furrow on the Middle of each Ridge, and then 

 plow the whole Ridge at Four Furrows more, which 

 will raiie it very high. This Way of replowing the 

 Ridges moves all the Earth of them, and yet is done 

 at Five Furrows. 



The Furrows, necefTary for raifmg up the Ridges,^ 

 mult be more, or fewer, in regard to the Bigneis of 

 them -, becaufe Six fmail Furrows may be lefs than 

 Four great ones. 'Tis not belt to plow the Stub- 

 ble up to the Ridges, until juft before Planting 

 (efpecially in the early Plowing) -, becaufe that will 

 hinder the Re-plowing of the Firft Furrows, which, 

 if the Seafon continues dry, may be necefTary: 

 Sometimes we do this by opening One Furrow in 

 the Middle of the -Ridge, ibmecimes Two, and after- 

 wards raiie up the Ridges again •, and when they 

 are become moilt enough at Top (the old Partitions 

 being plow'd up to them), we harrow them 



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