Chap. IX. Of Whe\t, up 



The greateft Fault you can commit in Hoeing, is 

 the Firft Time, when the Furrow is turned from the 

 Row, not to go near enough to it, nor deep enough. 

 You cannot then go too near it, unlefs you plow it 

 out, or bury it with Mould, and do not uncover it; 

 nor too deep, unlefs you go below the Staple of the 

 Ground. 



Servants are apt to hoe too far from the Rows, 

 going backwards and forwards, in the Middle of the 

 Intervals, without coming near the Rows: This lofes 

 moil of the Benefit of Hoeing, and is very injurious 

 to the prefent Crop, and alfo to the Two fucceeding 

 Crops ; for then there will be a Deficiency of pulve- 

 rized Earth; and nobody can fuppofe, that the hoed 

 Earth can be of any Benefit to the Rows, before the 

 Roots reach into it; and when 'tis far off, few of the 

 Roots reach it at all; and thofe that do reach, come 

 there too late to bring the Plants to their full Perfec- 

 tion : Therefore, if the Firft Furrow was not near 

 enough, nor deep enough, plow a Second Furrow 

 at the Bottom of the former, which will go deeper 

 than the Firft, and break the Earth more ; befides 

 taking away from the Rows fuch unmoved Ground, 

 which the Firft Plowing may poffibly have miffed. 

 If this can't be conveniently done foon after the Firft 

 Hoeing, do it before the Ridge is turned back in the 

 Spring. 



Always leave the Furrows turned up, to make 

 (a) Ridges in the Middle of the Intervals during the 



Winter y 



hoeing the late planted before the great Frofts are over, as there 

 is of the early-planted ; for the later 'tis planted, the lefs time 

 the Earth has to fubfide, and grow hard. 



Note, By Winter we do not mean only thofe Months that are 

 properly fo reckoned, but alfo fuch other Months as have hard 

 Frofts in them, as 'January, February, and fometimes the .begin- 

 ning of March. 



(a) Tho' the Ridge in the Middle of the Interval mould, for 

 Wan: of fufficienc Mould, or othervvife, be too low to give Shel- 



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