THE? PRACTICE OF THE 



But there is another advantage, that in fome 

 circum fiances may he obtained in this way \ 

 the land that commonly, and in the Old Huf- 

 bandry, is thought proper only for barley or 

 oats, will produce good crops of wheat, which 

 is much' more profitable than fummer corn : 

 this is found true, not only in horle-hoeing, 

 but alfo in hand-hoeing, if well performed. 

 Land that lies with fo great a declivity, as 

 fome of thefe defcribed by the author, cannot 

 indeed be horfe-hoed ; the plough cannot turn 

 tip the furrows againfl fuch a fteep bank : but 

 all land that can be ploughed and fdwn broad- 

 caft, may alfo be drilled and hand- hoed, to 

 the great benefit of the occupier. But all land 

 thus circumftanced, worth no more than half- 

 a-crown an acre, and improveable to ten mil- 

 lings, may in general be cultivated with the 

 hoe-plough, to a greater advantage than they 

 can by hand-hoeing ; not mould they be put 

 in the horfe-hoeing culture, while worth half- 

 a-erown an acre, but may to good profit when 

 worth ten millings, if the land is dry and 

 healthy, it may be improved in the author's 

 method with fheep, and their dung faved in 

 winter to drefs the land: but in whatever 

 method it is done, the hoeing will make the 

 improvement the more expeditioufly, and, by 

 fav-ing the manure from the arable land, will 

 make fuch improvement more extenfive. 



44 The great ufefulnefs," fays the author, 

 p^ 6a r " and benefit of the New Husbandry, 



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