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have pretended, that he was not the firft in- 

 ventor of the drill-plough, and that it was 

 firft invented, fome fay in Spain, fome in. 

 Germany, and fome in England, and for this 

 they quote the Spanifh Sembrader, Mr. Wor- 

 lidge's drill-plough, Platte's fetting-fticks, 

 and fome others, all which were only propo- 

 fals ; and a method that feemed defirable to 

 fave feed: but there is no proof of any other 

 inftrument that really performed this at large 

 in the fields ; and what is of (till more con- 

 fequence', the great merit of Mr. TulPs huf- 

 bandry does not confift in the drill-plough, 

 though a very ingenious invention, but in the 

 new method of culture introduced by him, as 

 will plainly be (hewn hereafter. 



Having recovered his health, he returned to 

 England, and fettled upon a farm he had near 

 Hungerford in Berkshire, called Profperous 

 Farm, where he began his horfe-hoeing, or 

 New Hu(bandry, upon turneps and potatoes ; 

 which fucceeded fo well, that he extended it 

 to wheat, upon part of a field, which he 

 made very clean from weeds, and drilled it 

 with wheat ; but finding, that ridges were 

 preferable, he laid his land up into fix feet 

 ridges, and drilled two, three, or four rows 

 upon each ridge, feven inches diftant : fo that 

 between the rows of each ridge, there was a 

 fpace or interval left, of about four feet, to 

 be deep hoed with a plough, and the parti- 

 tions between the rows were cultivated with 

 the hand-hoc. Tins fucceeded fo well, that 



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