I^O THE PRACTICE OF THE 



of a great number of cattle, for the fole advan- 

 tage of their dung, is another heavy expence. 

 The firft of thefe, the hand-hoeing, might be 

 entirely faved, the hoe- plough, where it comes, 

 rendering hand-hoeing altogether unneceflary; 

 and a much lefs quantity of dung would do 

 for the canes, -if horfe-hoed. The expence 

 would be fb much reduced, and the crops of 

 fugar fo much advanced by this culture, that 

 every planter who adopts it will be a great 

 gainer, and, if generally praclifed intheiflands, 

 would advance the profits of the planters more 

 than half a million fterling every year, in the 

 article of fugar only ; and, if extended to other 

 plants here, and to tobacco, maize, indigo, 

 wheat, and other crops .on the continent, to 

 which this culture is adapted, the profits to 

 the planters and the public would be im- 

 menfe ; for it appears that the horie-hoeing 

 Hufbandry is highly profitable to very many 

 plants ; and that the principles of the New 

 Hufbandry are not limited to any one kind of 

 Jand, nor any one climate, but that they are 

 univerfal. 



It was for fome time fuppofed to be only a 

 matter of curiofity, to raife annual fucceffive 

 crops of wheat upon the fame land without 

 manure, but it appears to be a matter of great 

 importance ; that the hoeing culture is foun- 

 ded upon general principles ; that all plants 

 are much improved by hoeing, and large 

 plants particularly by the hoe-plough, much 



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