THE PRACTICE OF THE 



* how dare any man place the (ingle tefti- 

 " mony of an interefted hafty writer in oppo- 

 ' iition to them, and make his conclufions the 

 ' teft of truth ? If they are impeached or 

 " fufpe&ed of difhoneft practices, let the ac- 

 " culer ftand forth, and make good his charge 

 " againft them. Until that is done, no re- 

 * gard ought to be paid to conclufions, de- 

 " duced from experiments, which in many 

 " inftances militate againft, and invalidate each 

 " other. 



" Notwithftanding all that has been faid to 

 " the contrary, by the interested experimenter, 

 " and by thofe who on certain occafions en- 

 " deavour,to fupport him; it is a moft certain 

 " truth, that there are few plants or vegetables 

 " cultivated in England for the ufe of man or 

 *' beaft, but receive great encouragement and 

 benefit from the earth in which they grow 

 ' being well pulverized and broken j and the 

 " moft efFetual way to do this, is by the horfe- 

 " hoe, or hoe-plough, whilft they are grow- 

 " ing ; and this is not to be done unleis the crop 

 " is planted in drills or rows. Thefe articles 

 " are not a few ; lucerne, and all the various 

 * 4 kinds of cabbages, beans, peale, the turnip- 

 " rooted cabbages of both forts, carrots, par- 

 46 fnips, potatoes, and I will venture to add 

 ' turnips 3 and I am clearly of opinion, that 

 ** fainfpin and burnet will in time be found 

 to be of the number." 



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