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a great benefit to it, breaking off the ends of 

 the roots, caufes new roots to fpring out at 

 the broken ends in much greater numbers 

 than before, and thefe young roots being por 

 rous auiorb more vegetable nourifhment, fo 

 that the plants are fed more plentifully. The 

 earth is likewife by the deep ploughing opened 

 and made penetrable to the roots, to a greater 

 depth than it was before ; and the bank next 

 the rows left there at the firft hoeing, being 

 hardened by the weather in winter, confines 

 the roots that they cannot fo eafily fpread and 

 extend fide-ways till that cruft of earth is 

 removed by the plough; which, when the 

 earth is in a fit temper for this hoeing, may 

 be done near the rows, even within about an 

 inch of them, efpecially if care has been taken 

 to drill the rows very ftraight, and upon the 

 jniddle of the ridges. 



In about ten days or a fortnight after this 

 hoeing, the earth is to be hoed back to the 

 rows ; but if the mould mould be fo crumbly 

 and dry as to fall down, and expofe the plants 

 too much, the earth mould be immediately 

 hoed back to the rows to fupport them, and 

 the earth being now all well tilled and loofened 

 next to the rows, the roots will freely fpread 

 and extend therein ; and though lome may 

 doubt the caufe, none can difbelieve the bene- 

 fit and effects of thefe hoeings, who may ice, 

 in a fhort time after they are performed, that 

 fhe wheat will grow remarkably luxuriant, 



