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dlfticulty in varying the different fpecies 

 of grain. 



Another material thing to be attended 

 to is, the ploughing at proper feafons. 

 In general, land receives injury from 

 being ploughed in wet weather ; at leaft 

 it often tends to promote the growth of 

 weeds, inftead of deflroying them. Land 

 that is defigned for winter-fallow^ fhould 

 be ploughed befor6 the end of Novem- 

 ber ; fo that it may receive the full bene- 

 fit of the froft. Provided it be ploughed 

 clean, it cannot lie too rough. Land, 

 for fummer-fallows, Ihould be broken 

 up early in May ; and every fubfequent 

 ftirring {hould be a crofs ploughing j and 

 if it be ploughed fhallower, and deeper, 

 alternately, during the fummer, it will^ 

 in general, help to clean it the better. 



There is a method of hufbandry, prac- 



tifed in fome counftes, which fecms to 



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