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it is drilled with wheat. If this is omitted at 

 iirft, it cannot be made clean nor kept fb after- 

 wards but at a great expence, efpecially land 

 that is fowed with a double row, for it will 

 be extremely difficult to get the weeds and 

 natural grafs out of a double row of wheat. 

 The beft way of fallowing, is to lay the land 

 up at firft in high narrow one-bout ridges. 

 By laying the land up in this manner, it is 

 expofed to the immediate influences of the 

 weather, and is eafily ploughed, and at a fmall 

 expence, at one bout; or a double mould-board 

 plough will fplit thefe narrow ridges in the 

 middle at one draught, and form new ridges. 

 If they are harrowed down level between the 

 ploughings, the weeds will foon come up ; 

 and being ploughed again into thefe narrow 

 ridges, to remain fo a few weeks, and alter- 

 nately ploughed down and harrowed fine, the 

 land may be thus expofed to the atmofphere, 

 the weeds harrowed out, and the young weeds 

 deftroyed; by which means the land will alfb 

 be brought into fine tilth in a winter and 

 fummer; nor will the expence be fo great in 

 this as in the common way of fallowing, but 

 much more effectual for the purpoles intended. 

 The land for thefe trials mould be of a 

 middling quality, not very rich, nor poor. 

 The ploughings ftiould be performed when 

 the land is dry ; and no dung (hould be laid 

 upon it, nor any other manure, 



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