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trived for that Purpofe (but nothing like that I have defcribed) ; 

 the Drill, beginning next to the Barley, left an Interval of the 

 fame (30 Inches) Bread tn between the Firft Row of Turneps end 

 the Barley, which, being fpwn on large Furrows, came up in a 

 fort of Rows, as is common for Barley to come when fown on 

 fuch wide Furrows. This Interval between the Barley and the 

 Turneps had the fame Hoeings as the reft, and had this Effect oa 

 the broad Row of Barley next to it; wfc. Each Plant had many 

 Stalks ; it was of a very deep .flourishing Colour, grew high, the 

 Ears very long, and, in all refpecls, the Barley was as good as if 

 it had been produced by the richer! Land. The next Row of 

 Barley had fome little Benefit en the Side next to the ftrong Row; 

 but all the reft of the Barley, either by the too late Sowing of it, 

 the Poverty of the Soil (not being in any manner dunged), or 

 eife by the Coldnefs of the Land, or Co:daeis of the Summer, 

 or by all of thefe Caufes, though pretty free from Weeds, was 

 exceeding poor, yellow, low, thin, and the Ears were very iliort 

 and fo 



I intended to have taken the exact Difference there was between 

 the Produce of this outride Row, and one of thofe that Hood out 

 of the Reach of the hoed Interval: But I was disappointed by 

 my Neighbour's Herd of Cows, that in the Night broke in juft 

 before Harveft, ani eat ott almoft all the Ears of the rich Row, 

 -doing very little Damage to the reft, except by treading it. It 

 mull be from the different Taftes, the one being fweet, and the 

 other bitter, that they make their Election to eat the one, and re- 

 fufe the other. 



This accidental Obfervation was fufHcient to demonstrate the 

 Efficacy of deep Hoeing, which I look upon as fy nonymous to 

 Horfe- hoeing. 



I immediately fet about contriving my limbered Hoe, finding 

 all other Sorts infufficient for the Exactnefs required in this hoe- 

 ing Operation : Thofe drawn in any other manner, when they 

 went too far from the Row, and the Holder went to lift the 

 Plough nearer, it would fly back again, like the Sally of a Bell, 

 and go at no Certainty not being iubj-6: to the Guidance of the 

 Holder, as the limber Floe-plough is. The Michaelmas follow- 

 ing I began my prefent Horle-hceing Scheme ; which has never 

 yet deceived roy Expectations, when performed according to the 

 Directions I have given my Readers. And the Practice of this 

 Scheme troves the Advantage of e'eep Hoeing, by the Ends of 

 the Ridges and Intervals; for there, vvhiift the drawing Cattle 

 go on the HeadLnd that is higher, the Furrows are Shallower, and 

 the Corn of tne Rows is always there vifibly poorer in proportion 

 to that Shaliownefs. 



AnotherP;oof of the Difference there is between deep Hoeing 

 and mallow, is in the Garden, where a fquare Perch of Cabbages, 

 the Rows of which are Three Feet afunder : the middle Row of 



K. 4 them 



