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hoeing, to destroy the weeds, to supply the roots 

 with fresh earth, and hy di\'i(hng- anew the particles 

 of the soil, to allow the roots to extend and collect 

 nourishment. 



Sickly wheat has often recovered its vigour after a 

 good hoeing, especially when performed in weather 

 not very hot nor too diy. This, or any other grain 

 sown before winter, requires hoeing more than oats 

 or barley sown in spring, because if the land be well 

 ploughed before the sowing of spring corn, it neither 

 has time to harden nor to produce many weeds, not 

 having been exposed to the winter's snow and rain. 



It is well known that in gardens, plants grow with 

 double vigour after thev have been hoed or trans- 

 planted ; if, therefore, plants growing in arable land 

 could be managed with ease and safety in this man- 

 ner, it is natural to expect that their groAvth would 

 be promoted accordingly, and experience proves that 

 it is not only practicable, but attended with many 

 advantages. 



No. XIX. 



Mnrh different qualities display, 

 But each is useful in its way. 



Marl (which has not, Hke lime, the property of dis- 

 solving vegetable matter, but which improves the 

 texture of the soil, and acts as one of its earthy in- 

 gredients) is a manure with which most of the farmers 

 of this coimty are well acquainted; its goodness de- 

 pends on the quantity of calcareous earth or lime in it, 

 which has been known to equal one-half. Good marl 

 is the most substantial and lasting of all manures, and 

 as it adds so considerably to the staple of the soil, in 

 many cases it is preferable to lime ; on hght, weak land 

 it is of extreme use, and its eifects will continue for 



