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ridges ; the pradtifers therefore of this huf- 



bandry have adopted his latter method in the 



breadth of their ridges, and number of horfe- 



hoeings. SirDigby takes notice that fourhorfe- 



hoeings were the number proper to be given 



to a hoed crop of wheat : " After the firft 



*' year, fays he, that is, when the land is re- 



** duced into fine order, one horfe is generally 



" fufficient to turn a furrow either to or from 



" the rows : and as a man and horfe can with 



*' eafe horfe-hoe four acres in a day, it can- 



* not coft more than one milling to hoe an 



* acre, even including the repairs of the in- 



ftruments ; nor are more than four hoeings 



* commonly required. So, if we reckon four 



" millings for ploughing the ground once over, 



c or forming frefh ridges, four millings more 



" for horfe-hoeing, two millings and fix-pence 



* for hand-hoeing, two millings for weeding, 



'* and fix-pence for drilling, thirteen millings 



" is the whole expence of managing an acre 



' in the new method. Such therefore being 



the cafe with which this celebrated me- 



thod is performed, fo great the improve- 



" ment of the land by it, and fuch the ex- 



* traordinary effects produced by merely ftir- 



" ring the earth; one would think every huf 



" bandman fhould be induced to give a fair 



" and candid trial." 



Here Sir Digby ftates the proper tillage at 

 once plowing, to form the new ridges, and 

 four horfe-hoeings afterwards, which are agree- 

 able 



