t%& Of Wheat. Chap. IX. 



them having the Intervals on each Side of it deeply and well dug 

 by the Spade at the fame proper time, when the reft of the In- 

 tervals are Hand hoed ; this middle Row will fhew the Difference 

 of thofe Two Operations: But in this mull be obferved what I 

 have here before mentioned, of turning the Back of the Spade to 

 the Plants, to avoid the total removing them, efpecially in very 

 dry Weather. 



This Experiment hath been tried, and always fucceeds with 

 every one that has made the Trials. 



Bat before any one makes his Trials of my I ield-fcheme, I 

 would advife him to be Mailer of the Treadle, by making an 

 Index himfelf to it : This will both direct him in his Proceedings, 

 and fhew him the Rafhnefs of thofe, who go into the-Pra&ice of 

 my Hufbandry, without the neceiTary Preparation ; for they that 

 do fo now, feem to act as rafiily, as they that went into it before 

 the Treatiie was publifhed. 'Tis reafonable to prefume, that fuch 

 their Practice mull be either different from, or contrary to mine. 



This Index may be aifo ufeful for difcovering Pretenders by an 

 Examination, without which. Gentlemen are liable to be impofed 

 on by them, as I am afraid too many have been ; for amongft 

 all thofe who have undertaken the Management of my Scheme 

 for Noblemen, or others, I declare I do do not know one Perfon 

 that fufficiently understands it: There may be fome who have 

 feen, or perhaps performed, fome of the mechanical Part; but I 

 don't think it can be properly performed without a thorough 

 Knovvlege of the Principles, which cannot be expected of fuch 

 illiterate Perfonsj arid yet is necefiary for the proper Applications 

 ifl different Cafes, which cannot be difiinguiihed by Pretenders : 

 Therefore, until the Scheme becomes common, the Management 

 mult be under the Direction of the Mafter himfelf, or of one who 

 has pall his Examination, and is faithf.;'. 



To the above Trials, I here add the following, together with 

 feme Alterations of the former. 



Gentlemen who can get t rjut Wheat, I advife to make 



Trials of it in fmglie Rows, of between 17 and 18 to an Acre, in 

 this Method ; there beinw no Partitions, the Intervals will be of 

 the fame Widen as in the Ridges of 14 to an Acre, that have Par- 

 titions of Ten Inches. Thus almoft all the Earth of the Ridges 

 may be pulverized by the Hoe- plough in the Field, or by the 

 Spade in this Trial; and very little Hand-work will be neceffary 

 for cleanfing cut the Weeds that come in the Rows, and on each 

 fide of them. The Land will be the fitter for a fucceeding Crop 

 of Wheat with ieis Harrowing. But this muft be obferved, that, 

 gard to hard Frofts in Winter, and very dry Weather in 

 Summer, the alternate Hoeing defcribed in the Chapter of Tur- 

 neps may be proper ; left the little Earth that may be left for the 

 .Row to ftand on, when the Furrows are turned from both Sides 



