264 °f Differences between the Ch. XVII. 



wet is worft\ 'tis apt to grow fo ftale and hard by 

 Spring? that his Crop is in Danger of Jlarving, unlefs 

 the Land be very rich, or much dung'd: and then the 

 Winter arid Spring proving kind, it may not be in lefs 

 Danger of being fo big as to fall down, and be fpoif d. 



6. Another thing is, that though he had no other Impedi- 

 ment againft plowing dry, and fowing wet, 'tis feU 

 " dom that he has time to do it in \ for he muft plow all 

 his Ground, which is Eight Furrrows in Six Feet ; 



y. and, whiljl it is wet, mufi lie ft ill with his Plough, 

 When he fows under Furrow, he fears to plow 

 deep, left he bury too much of his Seed -, and if he 



$. plows Jhallow, his Crop lofes the Benefit of deep 

 plowing, which is very great. When he ftizvs upon 



q. Furrow (that is after 9 tis plow'd) he muft harrow the 

 Ground level to cover the Seed -, and that expofes the 

 Wheat the more to the cold Winds, and fuffers the 

 Snow to be blown off it, and the Water to lie longer on 

 it -, all which are great Injuries to it. 

 Our Hoeing Hufbandry is different in all of the 



fore-mentioned Particulars. 



1. We can plow the Two Furrows whereon thq 

 next Qrop is to ftand, immediately after the prefent 

 Crop is off. 



2. We have no Ufe of the Fold ; becaufe our 

 Ground has annually a Crop growing on it, and it 

 muft lie ftill a Year, if we would told it, and that 

 Crop would be loft; and all the Good the Fold could 

 do to the Land, would be only to help to pulverize 

 at for one fingle Crop •, its Benefit not lading to the 

 Second Year. And fo we fhould be certain of lofing 

 one Crop for the very uncertain Hopes of procuring 

 one the enfuing Year by the Fold -, when 'tis mani- 

 feft by the adjoining Crops, that we can have a much 

 better Crop every Year, without a Fold, or any other 

 Manure. 



3. We can plow dry, and drill wet, without any 

 planner of Inconvenience. 



4. He 



