t r 1 



OF THE 



NEW HUSBANDRY, 



AND 



The IMPORTANCE of it to BRITAIN* 



TH E New Hufbandry is an improvement 

 of the Old : but the tillage is performed 

 in a different manner, and at different times. 



In the Old Hufbandry, the tillage, viz. the 

 ploughing and harrowing, is done firft : the 

 ploughing, to open the land ; and the har- 

 rowing, to make it fine, and get out the weeds. 

 Dung, or other manure, is then fpread upon 

 the land, which is ploughed-in ; and then the 

 feed, as of wheat, or other corn, is fown by 

 hand, broad-caft, which is covered by the 

 plough or harrow. Nothing more is ufually 

 done till harveft, except weeding, when the 

 weeds are grown up pretty. large. Dung pro- 

 motes the growth of weeds ; and though many 



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