no Of Wheatv Chap. IX* 



Harrows ; for, befides their Narrownefs, they have 

 no Roots to hold their Mould together, except the 

 Wheat-roots, which, being fmall and dead, have not 

 Strength enough to hold it ; and therefore that Ne- 

 ceflity of fuch broad Ridges now ceafes along with 

 the treble Row. 



When the Two narrow fragile Furrows are harrow- 

 ed, and mixed with the pulveriz'd Earth of the Inter- 

 vals, the Roots of the Wheat will reach it -, and it is 

 no Matter whether the Crop be drill'd after Two 

 Plowings, in which Cafe the Row will Hand on the 

 very fame Place whereon the Row flood the precedent 

 Year, or whether it be drill'd after One or Three 

 Plowings -, and then the Rows will (land on the Mid- 

 dle of the laft Year's Intervals. 



I cannot prefcribe precifely the mod proper Width 

 of all Intervals •, becaufe they mould be different in 

 different Circumilances. In deep rich Land they may 

 be a little narrower than in mallow Land. 



There mud be (as has been faid) a competent Quan- 

 tity of Earth in them to be pulveriz'd i and, when 

 the Soil is rich, the lefs will fufflce. 



Never let the Intervals be too wide to be Horfe> 

 hoed at Two Furrows, without leaving any Part un- 

 plowed in the Middle of them, when the Furrows 

 are turned towards the Rows. 



Some Ploughmen can plow a wider Furrow than 

 others, that do not underftand the letting of the Hoe- 

 Plough fo well, can. 



By making the Plank of the Hoe-plough fhorter, 

 and the Limbers more crooked, we can now hoe in 

 narrower Intervals than formerly, without doing any 

 Damage to the Wheat. 



1 now choofe to have Fourteen Ridges on an Acre, 

 and one only Partition of Ten Inches on each of 

 them. This I find anfwers all the Ends I purpofe. 

 If the Partitions are narrower, there is not fufficient 

 room in them for the Hand-hoe to do its work effectu- 

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