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narrow work. If he plow but once, he, m 

 like manner, fpreads his manure on the ftub- 

 ble ; and, what Teems very extraordinary to a 

 ftranger, fows his feed among his manure; 

 plowing the whole in together, and gathering 

 his foil up into narrow ridges ; as if it had un- 

 dercronc the operations of a fallow. 



There is, however, one very great evil at- 

 tends this method of fowing wheat after 

 buck ; efpecially where rooks are numerous. 

 The buck which is neceffarily Ihed in harvell- 

 infy the crop, and which is, of courfe, plowed 

 under with the manure and feed-wheat, vege- 

 tates the fucceeding fpring, and becomes a 

 %veed to the wheat ; and, what is of ftill worfe 

 confequencc, (hould rooks get a haunt of it, 

 they will not only pull the buck up by the 

 roots, but the wheat-plants likewife ; fo as to 

 leave large patches almofl deftitute of plants. 

 But, by firft fcaling in the manure and felf-fown 

 buck very fleet, and harrowing the furface 

 fine, the buck vegetates, and the evil confe-^ 

 quence is thereby, in a great meafure, prevented. 

 5. After buck, plowed under. — This, 

 as well as the preceding, is a favourite prac- 

 tice among good farmers ; and the Norfolk 

 plowmen perform the operation of plowing the 

 crop under in a mallerly ftyle. They fvveep it 



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