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beft of the furface foil, about three inches 

 afunder every way, and about one inch and 

 half deep in each furrow •, fo that it juft reaches 

 the beft part of the furface foil to derive its 

 fupport from. Should your ploughman turn- 

 ever twelve inches, four rows of wheat ought 

 to be fet on each furrow : and to do this, the 

 iron or dibble might have two prongs. It is 

 not indeed ufual to plough the furrow twelve 

 inches broad : but, for dibbling, I do not 

 think the furrow can be too broad, provided 

 the plough clears her way and lays it flat. The 

 feed in the broad-caft falls where it ought not 

 to do, betwixt the furrow, where the foil being 

 light continually keeps dropping from the root, 

 fo that it is left without proper nourimment, by 

 which means the growth of the plant is retard- 

 ed, and the produce diminifhed. On the con- 

 trary, when dibbled, the root flands upon the 

 firm earth, and the worms or grubs, &c. are in 

 fome meafure deprived of the immediate op- 

 portunity of feeding on it. 



Eight pecks of feed might, if properly de- 

 pofited, be fufficient for dibbling one acre. 

 Ten pecks is what I mould ufe. I am no friend 

 to the faving of feed; as on every experiment 



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