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to diftance, every one muft adt according to 

 circumftanceS; as no general rule can beo^ferv* 

 ed in that refpefl. Poor land will not Ibpport 

 fo much grain as good land : therefore the 

 quantity of feed-corn fhould be in proportion 

 to the quality of the foil ; and to make the dif- 

 tances nearly four inches every way is proper on 

 moft lands* 



The Rotherham plough I prefer. As to the 

 weight of the harrows, and the length of the 

 teeth, they muft be proportioned to the nature 

 of the foil. Light lull, or fandy land, requires 

 much lighter harrows and longer teeth than 

 ftrong clay. All harrows ought to have their 

 teeth racked, or inclining forward; by which 

 means they cling to the land, and cut as well 

 as harrow the weeds. Taken hold of by the 

 harrow, the weeds rife upwards and come to the 

 top: and the harrow does not rife at every ob- 

 llrudion, but will do more fervice in lefs time. 

 When your harrow is made, you mull obfervc 

 that the teeth all incline one way. 



A drag with teeth fixed by wedges inftead of 

 fcrews, to take out and put in readily, and let 

 to any depth you like, is a very ufcful inftru- 

 ment of husbandry. Where women and chil- 

 dren 



