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" one would be apt to think it intended for 

 " nothing more than merely to kill the grafs 

 4< and weeds ; whereas it is found by ex- 

 perience, that, though there be neither 

 " grafs nor weeds, the ploughing and hoeing 

 * will make the corn grow ; and that the 

 " more the land is ploughed and hoed, the 

 " better and longer it will refift the drought, 

 " and yield the better crop : and, what is iHll 

 " more remarkable, if the Indian corn be well 

 " tilled, the next crop, whether it be oats 

 " or flax, will be proportionably greater and 

 " better : fo that the land muft have gained 

 ' ftrength and richnefs. If it were not fo, 

 " why did not the Indian crop exhauft and 

 " and fpend the ftrength of the land, efpe- 

 " cially when \ve coniider how large that 

 " corn is made to grow by good tillage ? But 

 " we find the contrary ; the better the crop 

 " of Indian corn, the better the crop will be 

 " of oats. There is no fort of Huibandry, 

 " wherein the fuperior force and virtue of 

 " tillage doth more evidently appear, than 

 " in the railing of Indian corn : for if you 

 " mould plough and harrow the beft luul, 

 " and fow or plant the corn, and never do 

 44 any thing more to it, there will be lefs 

 " corn, than if you fhould plant poor land, 

 " and cultivate it well : the poor land well 

 " ploughed and hoed (hall bring a greater 

 " crop than the rich land. We hereby ice 

 " the efficacy and advantage ^i this repeated 



