Chap. IX. O/Wheat. ioi 



once (a) (and that only Lengthways) -, and then drill 

 them. 



There is a Necefiity of plowing the old Partitions 

 up to the new Ridges, to fupport their other Earth 

 from falling down by the Harrowing and Drilling, 

 which would elfe make them level. 



Our Ridges, after the Firft Time of Plowing, 

 excel common Ridges of the fame Height ; becaufe 

 thefe, tho' as deep in Mould at the Tops, have little 

 of it till'd at the 1 aft Plowing; but ours, being made 

 upon the open Trenches, confift of new-till'd pulve- 

 riz'd Mould, from Top to Bottom. 



'Tis a general Rule, that all Sorts of Grain and 

 Seeds profper bed, fown when the Ground is fo dry, 

 as to be broken into the mofl: Parts by the Plough. 

 The Reafon why Wheat is an Exception to that Rule 

 is, becaufe it mull endure the Rigours of Winter, 

 which 'tis the better able to do, by the Earth's being 



(a) But if once be not fufficient to level the Tops of the Ridges 

 fit for the Drill to pafs thereon, as it always will, unlefs the Two 

 hard Furrows lie fo high, that all the Three Shares of the Drill 

 cannot reach to make their Channels, in this Cafe you mull 

 harrow again until they can ail reach deep enough. Alfo in fome 

 Sort of Land, that when drilled late, and very moifl, will flick to • 

 the Shares like Pitch or Bird-lime, whereby the Channels are in 

 Part left open by the Drill-harrow, it mull be harrowed after 'tis 

 drilled, becaufe 'tis neceflary in fuch Land to take off the common 

 Drill- harrow, in order for a Man to follow the Drill with a Paddle, 

 or elfe a forked Stick, with which he frees the Sheats of the ad- 

 hering Dirt ; this Harrow being gone, much of the Seed will He 

 uncovered, and then muft be covered with common Harrows; 

 unlefs a Drill- harrow, which was not in Ufa when my Plates 

 were made, be placed inftead of that taken off: This, with its 

 two Iron Tines, will cover the Seed in this Cafe much better than 

 common Harrows, and will be no Hindrance to cleanfingof the 

 Sheats, the Legs by which this Harrow is drawn, being remote 

 from them, placed at near the End of the Plank ; and/*?/?, that 

 the mofl proper Drill for this Purpofe is one that has only Two 

 Shares, (landing a Foot or fourteen Inches afunder : This Har- 

 rew ferves for taking up the Drill to turn it. 



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