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notched bridle, at the fore-end of the beam, 

 to make the plough go more or lefs deep, and 

 to give more or lefs land, viz. to caufe the 

 plough to go more or lefs to the right or left, is 

 the inftrument proper for horfe-hoeing. This 

 plough is familiar to ploughmen in feveral 

 counties, (and the common fwing-ploughs 

 will do for this purpofe, fo as they are not too 

 clumfy), and provided the earth-boards, &c. 

 ftand a few inches higher than common, is 

 convenient in trench-hoeing, viz. when the 

 plough is drawn twice in the fame furrow, to 

 make it deeper ; for then a high earth or 

 mould-board turns all the earth fairly over to 

 the right, and prevents any or moft of it 

 from running back towards the left fide.-^ 

 The turning of the furrow expofes a new and 

 double furface to the immediate action of the 

 atmofphere : this is neceflary, that thele fur- 

 faces may receive the inriching influences 

 thereof, the air, fun, dews, rain, &t. -as deep 

 as the hoe-plough goes ; which, in trench- 

 hoeing, is to the depth of two common fur- 

 rows, and greatly enriches the land through 

 the whole fubltance of it j the furface being 

 changed at every horfe-hoeing* Thefe ad- 

 vantages of depth and expolure are peculiar to 

 this method of hoeing, which is properly the 

 horfe-hoeing, or New Hufbandry ; no other 

 method of hoeing is of equal advantage to 

 the crop, or to the land. They are only fo 



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