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lands not to apply them to the production 

 of a crop, in which the weaken: foils may ri- 

 val thern with fuccefs. 



But the importance of hoeing is extremely 

 vifible 3 the fuperiority of eleven bufhels in 

 twenty-nine is vaft; an acre and a half 

 hoed is near as good as two unhoed ; this is 

 an object of undoubted importance to the 

 farmer, and demands his warmeft attention. 

 It is not the eleven bufhels only that he is. 

 to confider, although no trifle, but likewife 

 the ftate rfthe land after the crop : A poor 

 one of peafe fufFers the weeds to get fo 

 much a head, that the foil is filled with 

 their feeds and exhausted by their growth, 

 confequently is proper only for a fallow ; 

 whereas, after a fine clean crop, the land is 

 rendered mellow and in excellent order for 

 any kind of grain; wheat is commonly 

 fown after them, and with great fuccefs, if 

 the crop is large, or barley, &c. The im- 

 portance, therefore, of hoeing is manifeit, 

 and the amount of the fuperiority prodigious. 



Beans. 



Rent to 5 J. per acre, - 

 Ditto from 5J. to ioj. 

 Ditto from ioj. to 15J. 

 Ditto from 15J. to 20;. 

 Ditto from 20J. to 40 j. 



Average, 



This 



