io'2 THE PRACTICE OF THE 



to obtain which,' coft the farmer about 2 1. ios'; 

 per acre, or upwards. 



It is indeed remarkable, that two common 

 ploughings fhould, in point of profit, exceed 

 a dunging, and is a ftrong argument in favour 

 of tillage, and of the New Bufoandry : for 

 in that method, the tillage is performed in a 

 manner more advantageous to' the crop, and 

 alfo much cheaper, than common ploughing. 



The common reckoning oF the price of 

 dung per acre, is from three or four to five 

 pounds : but the dung does not advance the 

 crop to that value beyond a drilled and horfe- 

 hoed crop ; as appears from what has been 

 fhewn above of the hoed crops. And it has 

 been alfo (hewn, that horfe-hoed crops of 

 wheat may be, and actually have been, re- 

 peated many years, without intermiffion, and 

 without manure. 



In the old method of farming in Eng- 

 land, a fallow once in three or four years 

 was thought neceffary, and by moft farmers 

 is thought fo llill. But of late years it has 

 been found by the more curious, that fallow- 

 ing is not neceflary ; and that land may be 

 kept in heart by a change of crops only, and 

 without fallowing. This faves the expence 

 of rent and fallow every third or fourth year, 

 and is undoubtedly a great improvement in 

 Huibandry. Yet the Hoeing Hufbandry is 

 iuperior even to this new mode of culture* 

 wherein the farmer's aim is to obtain a crop 



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