NEW HUSBANDRY EXEMPLIFIED. 1 



informed of the New, being a near neighbour 

 and friend of Mr. Tull. But it feems, by his 

 defcription of the New Hufbandry, that he 

 knows only the firft priaclice, which Mr. 

 Tull exploded, and fays nothing of the altera- 

 tions and important improvements made by 

 Mr. Tull, and which he has recommended in 

 the additional parts of his work, the Supple- 

 ment, Addenda, and Concluiion. As thefe 

 were publifhed long fmce, and the Complete 

 Englim Farmer's book not till the year 1771, 

 his readers, who, from the title, may expert 

 a fatisfa&ory account of the New Huflban- 

 dry, will be much difappointed ; and who- 

 ever (hall be perfuaded, by reading this trea- 

 tife, to attempt it, will be raided. But it is 

 prefumed very few, if any, will, from his 

 account, which tends to difcourage begin- 

 ners ; and he raifes feveral objections to that 

 Hufl?andry ; whereof fome of the principal 

 are the following. In his Preface, p. 15. *' In 

 " the horfe-hoeing culture," fays he, " though 

 " the expence of labour may be lefs, the 

 44 wafte of land is out of all proportion 

 < greater [than in the Common Hufban- 

 14 dry! ; for thjere only four inches out of" 

 ** Jeventy-two are planted, the remaining 

 4 fixty-eight are left for the introduction of 

 * the hoe -plough. And will any one lay, 

 * that in the nature of things four inches can 

 44 be made to produce as much grain asfevcn- 

 " ty-tivo, provided the whole fcvemy-ttvd 



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