404 Of the Hoe-Plough, &c. Chap. XXIII. 



was not thrown up clofe enough to the Row by the 

 precedent Hoeing. 



The firft time we turn a Furrow towards the Row, 

 the Hories go in the Trench near to it, and the 

 Plough (lands on the left Side of the Horfe-path, 

 almoft in the fame manner as when the Furrow is turn'd 

 from the Row; but we very often make ufe of a com- 

 mon Plough, for throwing down the Ridge, which 

 has lain all the Winter in the Middle of the Interval. 

 One Wheel, going on each Side of that Ridge, holds 

 that Plough to a great Exacftnefs for fplitting this 

 Ridge into Halves, which the Earth-board, being fet 

 out for that Purpofe, throws up to the Row on each 

 Side of the Interval. 



We alfo very often make ufe of the Two-wheel'd 

 Plough, for railing up the Ridges, whereon we drill 

 the Rows; not but that the Hoe- Plough will do every 

 thing that is necefTary to our Hufbandry : Yet the com- 

 mon Ploughs being heavier than weufually make our 

 Hoe-Ploughs, they by their Weight, and Help of 

 their Wheels goa little fteadier: and befides the Plough- 

 men, being more accuflom'd to them, prefer them be- 

 fore all other, where their Wheels are of no Prejudice. 



I never law neater Ridges rais'd by any Plough, 

 than by the Hoe-Plough, nor finer Plowing ; and I 

 believe that were it made as heavy, and as ftrong, it 

 would outdo the Swing-Plough, in plowing miry 

 Clays, where Plough-wheels cannot go; but I, have- 

 ing no fuch Land, have never made any Hoe-Plough 

 heavy enough for it. However, I am convinced, by 

 the many Trials which I have feen, that no other 

 Plough can be ufed for every Horfe- hoeing Operation, 

 fo effectually as this I have now defcrib'd. 



The making the Hoe-plough is not difficult for a 

 good Workman ; and a few of the Holes for letting 

 the Beam are fufricient, provided they are made in 

 their proper Places, which is impoflible for me to 

 defence exactly in a Number that is no more than 



neceflary? 



