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" of the ears cut off; which, though they 

 mould be but the fortieth part of the crop 

 " (as they are feldom more), would fpoil it : 

 44 but, being thus taken out, leave the remain- 

 " der generally large-bodied, and as fine as 

 " that which hath no fmut amongft it ; ex- 

 41 cept that it is not fit for feed. -There is 

 44 not this convenience either in fown or 

 " hand-hoed wheat. 



" As to the different profit of the hand- 

 44 hoed and the horfe-hoed crops, it will, upon 

 44 examination, appear to be contrary to the 

 opinion of the vulgar. The foil of the 

 < 4 hand-hoed being, at leaft, as good as of the 

 44 other ; let us fuppofe them equal, and alfo 

 " the expence to be equal, though, in gene- 

 41 ral, that of the horfe-hoed is the leaft. 



44 The hand- hoed was planted on a fallow, 

 44 but the other had a good crop of wheat the 

 44 preceding year, drilled in double rows, and 

 44 the year before that had a crop of barley, 

 drilled in treble rows; the ridges always of 

 4< the fame breadth. All thefe crops were 

 * horfe-hoed: but in the year before the firft 

 44 of thefe, the field had a crop of fown black 

 " oats: fo that there were four fucceilive 

 crops, without any fallow or dung; and 

 " there is now growing a fifth crop, being 

 " wheat, likely to be much greater than any 

 44 of the precedent, if the year prove as fa- 

 4< vourable : therefore, here being two crops 

 44 of wheat for one, the profit of the horfe- 



F " hoed 



