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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



In very ftoney foils, the implement called a (him cannot be 

 ufed to any advantage ; in which cafe the operations directed 

 for it muft be effected by extra hand hoeings. By land I mean 

 thofe beds formed in ploughing by the finifhing open furrows : 

 the fpace from farrow to furrow is the land. 



In ploughing wet foils be attentive to get thefe lands gradu- 

 ally into a right ihape, which is a diredl fegment of a circle. 

 A large fegment of a fmall circle raifes the centers too high, 

 and makes the fides too ftcep ; but a fmall fegment of a large 

 circle is the proper form for inftance. 



The fegment of a appears at oace to be an improper fliape 

 for a broad land, but that of b is the right form ; keeping wet 

 foils in that Ihape very much corrects the natural difadvantages. 

 Permitting the teams to go on to wet foils in wet weather, is 

 a mod mifchievous practice ; but it is much worfe in the 

 fpring than in the autumn. In all thefe courfes it is proper to 

 remark, that keeping the fallow crops, that is the turneps, 

 beans and potatoes, abfolutely free from all weeds, and in a 

 loofe friable order, is eflential to fuccefs. It is not neceflarjr 

 only for thofe crops, but the fuccefiive ones depend entirely 

 on this conduct. It is the principle of this hufbandry to baniih 

 fallows, which are equally expenlive and ufetefs, but then it is 

 abfolutely neceflary to be affiduous to the lafl degree in keeping 

 thefe crops in the utmott perfection of management, not a 

 fhilling can be laid out on them that will not pay amply. 



There are in the preceding courfes feveral refinements and 

 practices, which I not only approve, but have practifed, but 

 omitted here, as I do not think them likely to meet with the 

 necelHiry attention in Ireland. 



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