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(hewn above, that fome eminent cultivators 

 obtained much larger crops, from land of in- 

 ferior quality, or not fo well adapted to the 

 hoeing hufbandry. To this alfo may be added, 

 that Sir Digby's crops were late in ripening, 

 which is attended with feveral inconveniences, 

 and may in fome meafure be prevented by 

 early fowing. Hoed crops are longer in ripen- 

 ing than thofe not hoed ; as the hoeing con- 

 tinues to furnifh them longer with nourifh- 

 ment, whereby the plants, and feed, are brought 

 to greater perfection : It is therefore the ui- 

 tereft of the cultivator, to haften the blowing 

 of the plants, and to protraft their ripening ; 

 early fowing is a means of obtaining both thefe 

 advantages.] 



" There is one prejudice," continues this 

 gentleman, " commonly adopted againft this 

 ' method by the inexperienced, viz. that it 

 " is very expenlive ; which is entirely ground- 

 ' lefs, as will appear by attending to the fol- 

 " lowing particulars. The two-wheeled drill 

 " plough, invented by Mr. Tull (which I can 

 " recommend as a good inftrument, having 

 " had feverai years experience of it, and fome 

 " hundreds of acres drilled with fuccefs), may 

 44 be made com pleat, with wooden feed-boxes, 

 " for fifty (hillings. Mr. Duhamel's one- 

 ' wheeled plough, for horfe hoeing, cofts 

 ' thirty (hillings. But this laft, though very 

 ' ufeful, is not abfolutely ncceflary. For the 

 " common plough without wheels will per- 



" form 



