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former earths ; and, at the fame time, by 

 excluding the air from the under-parts of thofe 

 furrows, renders the whole aa mellow and fri- 

 able as a fummer-fallow. 



In this (late it lies until feed-time; when it 

 is harrowed, foiled, fown, and gathered up 

 into ridges of fuch width as is agreeable to 

 the nature of the foil, or the ildll or fancy of 

 the farmer. 



Thofe of fix furrows are the moft prevalent ; 

 but there are verv good farmers who lay their 

 wheat-land into four-furrow, and others into 

 ten-furrow, ridges ; which lail they execute ih 

 a ftyle much fuperior to what might be ex- 

 pedted from whsel-'plovjs. 



■ But the fix-furrow work is that in which 

 the Norfolk plowmen excel. It is generally 

 performed with three plows in this manner ; 

 the firft fetsout the ridge, the fecond takes the 

 middle-bout, and the laft makes up the furrows. 

 The bed: plowman is of courfe put lafl, the 

 fecond firft, and the worft takes the middle- 

 bout. The firft plit is fometimcs turned par- 

 tially back by the fecond, by letting theolf- 

 horfe go 'back in the firft^made furrow; and 

 fometiaies- the firft furrow is left entirely open, 



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