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by letting the oif-horfe go back out ©f the firft 

 furrow. The lafl way makes the ridges wider,' 

 and rids more ground ; but the firft ftirs the 

 ground better, and is thdught tb diftribute the 

 feed more evenly. The plowman who goes laft: 

 and makes up the furrd'AS, divides his horfeg 

 by means of a Idng " horfe-tree^'* or middle 

 whipping ; io that each of them takes an out- 

 fide furrow^ while he and his plow alone oc- 

 cupy the furrow he is making up. This an- 

 fwers two good purpofes : — it gives the plow-^ 

 man a free fight, and prevents the horles from 

 treading the ridges. If the fdil be wet and 

 pioach)''^ fome judicious farmers divide the mid- 

 dle-bout horfes in the fame manner. The horfes 

 are of courfe fomewhat aukward at firft fetting- 

 outj but they foon become tradable, and much 

 more fteady than when they ilagger about and 

 joftle each other in the fame furrow. The 

 four-furrow ridges are plowed in a fimilar man- 

 per by two plows. 



There are feveral advantages arife from tKi^ 

 tiiethod of laying-up narrow ridges. The 

 \\'hole bufinefs is carried on in regular pro- 

 grelfion. The feeds-riian -begins on one fide 

 ^f the clofe, and fows towards the other with 



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