might be horfe-hoed to the row on both 

 fides, which is much more beneficial than 

 hand-hoeing. Ridges of four feet broad 

 would be broad enough, if only one row 

 was planted : but common wheat, in fingle 

 rows at fo great diftance, would not produce 

 a fufficient crop ; and four feet is the proper 

 breadth to hoe the intervals well with a 

 plough : and though an inftrument might 

 be contrived to hoe intervals of a lefs breadth 

 than four feet, yet the farmer is advifed, not 

 to drill his wheat, to be horfe-hoed, clofer than 

 with ten-inch partitions, and about four feet 

 intervals, thefe having by long experience 

 been found the proper diftance for wheat ; 

 and the hoe-plough the proper inftrument for 

 obtaining good fucceffive crops of wheat. 

 When the farmer has learned to raife good 

 crops in this manner, he may try to improve, 

 beginning with fmall experiments ; for other- 

 wiie he may fail of fuccefs, as has happened 

 to fome perfons, who attempted improve- 

 ments before they were acquainted with this 

 Hufoandry, and to others, who have ufed 

 ibme foreign inftruments, inftead of the hoe- 

 plough. 



For large plants to be horfe-hoed, fingle 

 rows upon a ridge are moft advifeablej as for 

 turnips, cabbages, potatoes, &c. for thefe 

 may be hoed alternately, and prcduce much 

 better crops than double rows, becaufe they 

 be hoe-ploughed very near the plants on 



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