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bages, and in general all plants and roots 

 cultivated for feeding cattle, and that are im- 

 proved by a luxuriant growth ; to them 

 both manure and hoeing are very beneficial: ; 

 to lucerne and fainfoin, and to meadows and 

 paftures : for thefe and fuch crops manure is 

 highly ufeful, and all that the farmer can 

 fave from corn, and apply to thefe, will be 

 extremely advantageous to him. 



Befides the faving in manure, there is ano- ' 

 ther faving made by thofe who pradlife the 

 New Hu(bandry ; in wheat, they fave above 

 two-thirds of the feed commonly fown broad- 

 caft, which is from eight or nine to twelve 

 pecks per acre ; and the quantity of feed- 

 wheat upon ridges to be horfe-hoed is only 

 from two to three pecks per acre. If the 

 wheat crop is drilled upon level ground, to 

 .be hoed with a cultivator or hand-hoe, half 

 the ufual quantity of feed is fufficient ; and 

 the faving in feed by drilling is commonly 

 more than half, and not lefs for other crops, 

 peafe, beans, barley, and oats: a faving of 

 only half the ufual quantity of feed is a 

 matter of fome confequence to the farmer, 

 and amounts to a very large quantity to the 

 public ; who are greatly interefted in promot- 

 ing the New Hulbandry, wherein the crops 

 are raifed from a much fmaller quantity of 

 feed than was thought practicable before this 

 Husbandry was introduced. 



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