APPENDIX. 



The intervals mould be horfe-hoed in No* 

 vember or December, before the froft fets in, 

 and the earth ploughed away from the rows 

 pf wheat ; the hoe-plough to be brought 

 within about three inches of the rows : if any 

 earth runs over the left fide of the plough 

 upon the rows, the wheat mufr be uncovered; 

 but where it runs only upon the three-inch 

 narrow flips, it mould remain there till the 

 next hoeing in the fpring; for the fine earth 

 which falls upon thefe flips will give fhelter 

 to the wheat in winter. 



The fecond hoeing is to be given the begin- 

 ning of March, or as foon as the great frofts 

 are gone off. The hoe plough is, at this hoe- 

 ing, to go in the fame furrows as it did at the 

 firlt hoeing, but deeper and nearer to the 

 wheat : this loofens the earth next the wheat, 

 and, the furrows being at the fame time made 

 deeper, give? the roots of the wheat liberty tq 

 extend every way, the effeft pf which will be 

 foon vifible : the wheat will grow more luxu- 

 riant, and of a deep green colour. The plough 

 ihould at this fecond hoeing go deep and very 

 near the rows of wheat, and cannot be brought 

 too near, fo as it does not difplace or tear out 

 the plants. Several, who have praclifed this 

 Husbandry, have been afraid to hoe fo clofe 

 to the rows, left the wheat mould be injured 

 by the plough breaking or tearing off the roots 

 of the wheat: but this is a great error. Hoe- 

 ing fo clofe does not injure the wheat ; but is 



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