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in the ground than the (him, and ferve to de- 

 flroy the weeds and to break and pulverize the 

 foil fome inches deep ; and in that refpedt are 

 more beneficial than the plate hoeS'. Others 

 are made to go deeper in the land, in the 

 manner of harrow tines ; thefe pull out weeds, 

 and ftir the ground deeper than the nidged ; 

 but do not kill the weeds fo effectually as the 

 plate hoes One of the Gentlemen abroad, 

 the very ingenious M. De Ghateauvieux, who 

 pradtlfed the New Hufbandry, invented a long 

 triangular hoe, larger than thofe in the nidget, 

 which flirs the ground deeper, but goes wholly 

 tinder ground, and raifes the mould as it pafles 

 along ; and as foon as it has pafled, the mould 

 finks down again, where it was before. This 

 inftrument he named the Cultivator. Thefe 

 and other inftruments, drawn by one or two 

 horfes, are by fome called horfe breaks, culti- 

 vators, and horfe hoes. But the horfe hoe is 

 properly a plough ; and hoeing with a plough, 

 is properly the New Hufbandry, and fhould 

 be fo named to diftinguifh that hufbandry from 

 all other methods of tillage. 



The inftrument made ufe of for horfe hoe- 

 ing, is a plough, by fome made with fhafts, 

 but this is not neceifary. The fvving plough, 

 called the Rotheram, or patent plough; or the 

 common fvving plough, made ufe of in Middle- 

 fex, Surry, and fome other counties near 

 London, are proper for horfe hoeing. A fmall 

 fwing plough, withbut wheels, and having a 



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