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years, and then horfe-hoed his intervals ufually 

 fix times, and the partitions were once or 

 twice hand-hoed, according to the weeds, and 

 flate of the Jand. But in this way, the mid- 

 dle row was greatly inferior to the outfide 

 rows ; and then he endeavoured to make it 

 equal to them, by deepening the foil in the 

 middle of the ridge; to do this, the ridges 

 were raifed higher in the middle; but the two 

 outfide rows being deprived of fo much mould 

 thrown to the middle of the ridge, though 

 the produce of the middle row was encrealed, 

 the outfide rows were diminifhed in a greater 

 proportion. This obfervation induced him to 

 leave off entirely the middle rows, and to 

 drill only a doubh row ten inches diftant, upon 

 ridges of about four feet and eight inches 

 broad ; by this method, the intervals to be 

 hand-hoed were nearly of the lame breadth 

 as before, were only four times hoed, 

 and in a different manner, and the rows in 

 the partitions, being wider, could be deeper 

 hand-hoed. This was his laft and beft me- 

 thod of cultivating wheat, and as fuch he re- 

 commends it. I have here taken notice of 

 this particularly ; becaule none have excelled 

 him in the culture of wheat, but leveral have 

 fallen diort of him. The gentlemen abroad 

 did fo, becaufe they followed Mr. Tull's firft 

 method; his improvements not being then 

 published, and t ran dated into French, as his 

 Eflay was; and feveral modern authors in 

 England appear to be unacquainted with the 



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