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infifted more minutely upon his nrft experi- 

 ments than at firft intended, in order to give 

 the reader a full view of this gentleman's 

 practice, and the judicious remarks he makes, 

 on~a comparative view of both the Old and 

 New methods. It is, however to be re- 

 gretted, that Jie did not more perfectly follow 

 the New, as laid down by the author of it, 

 by doing which his drilled crops would have 

 been larger, and the fuperiority of the New 

 Hufbandry would have been (till more appa- 

 rent. This gentleman defcribes his land to be 

 " light, deep, and dry, a hazle mould, ex- 

 ?' cellent for barley ; but generally thought 

 44 not of fufficient tenacity for wheat." This 

 was the opinion of the common farmers, and 

 they were probably right : but they judged 

 from their ideas of the Old Hufbandry, which 

 cannot be fafely made the ftandard for the 

 New. This land was prepared by feverai 

 ploughings in the Old Hulbandry, previous 

 to (owing it with wheat, and, if it happened 

 to be a dry fummer, the wheat fuffered fqr 

 want of rnoift'ure ; but, in the New Hufban- 

 dry, this, could not happen, if the land was 

 well and deep-hoed j becaufe, when the days 

 are dry, .there are generally plentiful dews in 

 the night; and theie dews penetrate into land 

 as deep as the plqugh goes. This is found 

 in a!I land tilled deep rpr madder, or other 

 fuch croj. s ; they produce great crops of wheat, 

 after the madder, &c. is carried off, being 



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