22 THE PRACTICE OF THE 



ferted fome of them, which are very valua- 

 ble, in the following pages. 



Many, who had neglected to pra&ife the 

 New Hufbandry from Mr. Tull's own fuccefs, 

 were prevailed with to engage in it upon the 

 recommendation of thefe foreign gentlemen ; 

 and it is now making confiderable progrefs 

 among farmers, in the culture of beans, peafe, 

 and cabbages, and in fome meafure of wheat; 

 but not much in the way of horfehoeing 

 wheat, which, though the moft profitable, is 

 more difficult to perform well, than it is to 

 drill and hand-hoe it. But they have found 

 little difficulty in applying the horfe-hoeing 

 culture to cabbages, particularly in the north 

 of England ; which indeed is lo neceflary to 

 thefe plants, that, unlefs they are fo culti- 

 vated, they would not anfvver to cultivate them 

 atal 1, for feeding cattle. 



To have a juft notion of the benefits 

 of hoeing, it {hculd be obferved, that land 

 brought into fine tilth by the plough, as foon 

 as the ploughing is finifhed, it begins^to fettle, 

 and continues to do fo, as we have obferved, 

 till it becomes as clofe and confolidated as it 

 was before it was ploughed : by which means, 

 many of the roots of plants growing in fuch 

 ground are confined and unable to extend and 

 jpread in it, to collect nourimment for them. 

 To prevent this in fome meafure, the land is 

 dunged, and the dung, by fermenting in the 

 foil, contributes to keep it open longer than it 



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