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third hoeing was to fill the grain, turning the 

 earth towards the rows; and the fourth and 

 lad hoeing turned the earth from the wheat, 

 and the hoe-plough was then brought clofe to 

 the rows, as clofe as at the fecond or fpring hoe- 

 ing. It is very remarkable, that ploughing the 

 earth away from the wheat while it was ripen- 

 ing fhould then nourifh and ripen it; but he was 

 very clear, from full experience, that it did 

 fo ; and I have feen wheat hoed in this man- 

 ner with fuccefs, the earth ploughed away 

 from the wheat and remaining fo till harveft. 

 It is not, however, neceflary to hoe the earth 

 from the rows the lad time, and in general 

 it is not fo convenient as turning the earth to- 

 wards the rows at the lad hoeing ; becaufe, 

 if the next crop of wheat is drilled upon the 

 former intervals, as is commonly done, more 

 ploughing is neceflary to form the new 

 ridges ; for which reafon 1 would advife the 

 young farmer to hoe the earth the lall time 

 towards the wheat, and in this way he will 

 hoe three times from the rows, and twice to- 

 wards them, which may be called five hoeings; 

 but the fecond or fpring hoeing from the rows, 

 being only to deepen the winter furrows, and 

 bring the hoe-plough about two inches nearer 

 to them, is not properly a full-hoeing ; and, not 

 reckoning that, the whole is only four hoeings. 

 I am fenfible that the fpring hoeing from the 

 rows is ufually reckoned ; but the great error 

 of thofe who have tried this Hulbandry unfuc- 



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