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brought to heed wheat among dung or other 

 manure. 



It is found by experience that the deep or 

 horfe-hoeing enriches the land, not only to 

 produce a fingle crop of wheat (which is all 

 that is commonly obtained of fown wheat); 

 but to fo great a degree, that a fecond third, 

 and a lucceffion of wheat crops, are obtained 

 by this culture, for as many yeafs iucceflively 

 upon the lame land, as the owner thinks proper 

 to cultivate it in this manner by the hoe- 

 plough, and that without manure. This is an 

 uncommon circumftance ; for conftant fucce. 

 five crops of wheat cannot be obtained in the 

 common husbandry, even with the alfitlance of 

 manure ; nor is it ukial for farmers to low land 

 with wheat even two years iuccefiively, 

 though manured. 



Land is impoverished, in fome degree, by 

 every crop taken from it, whether of wheat 

 or other corn; which all farmers allow, and 

 are feniible of, and they endeavour to reftore 

 the land, and recover its loft fertility, by til- 

 lage, fallowing, and manure. They do not 

 apprehend that tillage and fallowing alone 

 will recover it, and here no manure is ufedj 

 whence then is the land recruited with vege- 

 table nourilhincnt;* as in this cafe, that it is 

 able to bear crops of wheat, year after year? 

 And this not only Without being impove- 

 rifhed ; but, on the contrary, land of mo- 

 derate fertility is round to become more fer- 



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