u8 Of Wheat. Chap. IX, 



the Interval, to the Rows on each Side by Two Fur- 

 rows as near as can be, without covering the Wheat; 

 in doing which have regard to the Row only, with- 

 out looking at the Middle of the Interval •, for 'tis 

 no matter if a little Earth be left there ; the next 

 Hoeing, or the next fave one (g) 9 will move it. 



As to how many times Wheat is to be hoed in the 

 Summer, after this Spring Operation, it depends 

 upon the Circumftances (b) and Condition of the 

 Land (i) and Weather (k) ; but be the Seafon as it 

 will, never fufTer the Weeds to grow high, nor let 

 any unmoved Earth lie in the Middle of the Intervals 

 long enough to grow hard -, neither plow deep near 

 the Rows in the Summer, when the Plants are 

 large (J)> but as deep in the Middle of the Intervals 



times can plow within one Inch of the Row) before we turn down 

 the Mould from the Middle of the Interval. 



(g) If at the next Hoeing we turn another Furrow towards the 

 Row (which is feldom done), then 'tis the next that moves the re- 

 maining Earth, left in the Middle of the Interval : But if the next 

 Hoeing be from the Row (as it generally is), then that covers, 

 the Middle of the Interval ; and then 'tis the next Hoeing after 

 that, that turns all the Earth clean out of the Middle of the In- 

 terval toward the Rows. 



(h) If the Land was not fufRciently tilled or hoed in the pre- 

 cedent Year, it will require the more Hoeings in the following 

 Year. 



(7) The poorer the Land is, the more Hoeings it mould have. 



[k) A wet Summer may prevent fome of the Hoeings that we 

 fhould perform in a dry Summer. 



(/) O or Hoeing deep near the Plants, when fmall, breaks off 

 only the Ends of the Roots; but after the Roots are fpread far in 

 the Interval, the greateft Part of them, being then on the Right- 

 hand Side of the Hoe plough, might hold fall on that Side, and 

 not be drawn out; and then the whole Roots would be broken off 

 clofe to the Bodies of the Plants : Therefore at the Second deep 

 Hoeing, that turns a Furrow from the Row in the Summer, we 

 go about Four or Six Inches farther off from the Roots than the 

 time before ; but we go nearer or farther off, according to the 

 Diliance of Time between thofe Two Hoeings: Yet we may hoe 

 jhallvw near to the Plants at any time, without Injury to their 

 Roots, but, en the contrary, it will be advantageous to them. 



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