THE PRACTICE OF THE 



" couraged many from engaging in it, but, 

 " upon finding Mr. Tull positively aflerting, 

 " that the fame land would nourifh the fame 

 fpecies of plants, without changing the 

 " crops, for ever, and this without manure, 

 " which, being contrary to all experience, 

 *' led them to believe his other principles had 

 " no better foundation. And he praclifed 

 " this method of lowing the fame fpecies 

 upon the fame ground, till his crops failed, 

 *' and were much worfe than thofe of his 

 " neighbours, who continued their old me- 

 ' thod of Hulbandry." 



The prnctifers of the New Hufbandry find, 

 that manure is not in general neceflary for 

 wheat, even upon ordinary land, if Well and 

 fufficiently hoed: for, if both well hoed, and 

 alfp manured, the wheat would grow too 

 rank and lodge. But, in cultivating turnips, 

 cabbages, and fuch as are intended for feed- 

 ing cattle, manure is ufeful, and contributes 

 to enlarge the crops to advantage, and with- 

 out danger from their luxurancy. 



Mr. Tull took the firft hints of his Huf- 

 bandry, as he mentions himfelf, from the 

 low vineyards in the fouth of France, where 

 the vines have been cultivated for ages by 

 hceing only, and without manure; which 

 Mr. Miller had not well confidered, or he 

 could not have fuppofed a fucceffion of the 

 fame plants without manure, to be contrary 

 to experience ; and he too implicitly believed 



the 



