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Sorts : And now, upon fuller Experience, I find 

 the double Rows much preferable to the treble, 

 efpecially for Wheat. 



When Gentlemen faw the middle Row on low 

 Ridges fo much inferior to the outfide Rows, they 

 were convinced of the Effect of deep Hoeing ; for 

 they faid, there was no other Reafon for this fo vi- 

 fible a Difference, except the outfide Rows {landing 

 nearer to the puiveriz'd Intervals than the middle 

 Row did. 



And when on high Ridges the middle Row was 

 nearly or quite as good as one of the outfide Rows, 

 I was not convinced, that they were not diminiflied 

 by the middle Row, as much as the Produce of it 

 amounted to : And this I now find to be the Cafe ; 

 for Four Rows of Oats, without a middle Row, pro- 

 duced fomewhat more than the fame Number that had 

 a middle Row ; Two of which treble Rows were 

 taken on one Side, and Two on the other Side of 

 the double Rows, purpofely to make an unexcep- 

 tionable Trial. And it is, as far as I can judge, the 

 fame in Wheat. 



'Tis true, I began my Horfe-hoeing Scheme ftrft 

 with double Rows \ but then they were different to 

 what they are now \ for the firft had their Partition 

 uneven, being the parting Space, whereby it was lefs 

 proper for Hand-hoeing, which I then feidom ufed, 

 except for abfolute Neceffity, as to clean fe our Pop- 

 pies, and the like. The Intervals alfo were too nar- 

 row for conftant annual Crops. 



By all thefe Three Methods I have had very good 

 Crops •, but as this I now defcribe is the latefl, and is 

 (as it ought to be) the beft ; I publifh it as fuch, 

 without Partiality to my own Opinions; for I think 

 it lefs difhonourable to expofe my Errors, when I 

 chance to detect them, than to conceal them : And 

 as I aim at nothing but Truth, 1 cannot, with any 

 Satisfaction to myielf, fuffer any thing of my own 



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