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hard ground, the rows h c d were as small and yel- 

 low as any in the land. The Turnips in the row 

 (/, about three foot distant from the land jE, receiv- 

 j ing a double increase, proves they had as much 

 nourishment from the land E as from the land A, 

 wherein they stood, which nourishment was brought 

 ! by less than half the number of roots of each of 

 these Turnips. In their own land they must have 

 I, extended a yard all round, else they could not have 

 \ reached the land £, wherein it is probable these 

 \ few roots went more than another yard, to give each 

 ! Turnip as much increase as all the roots had done 

 in their own land. Except that it will hereafter 

 appear, that the new nourishment taken at the ex- 

 tremities of the roots in the land jE, might enable 

 the plants to send out more new roots in their own 

 land, and receive something more from thence. The 

 row c being twice as big as the row must be sup- 

 posed to extend twice as far ; and the row Z), four 

 times as far, in proportion as it was of a bulk quad- 

 ruple to the row J." 

 jl 186. Thus, then, it is clear, that tillage amongst 

 growing plants is a great thing. Not only is it of 

 great benefit to the plants ; not only does it greatly 

 augment the amount of the Crop, and make it of 

 the best quality ; but, it prepares the ground for 

 , another crop. If a summer fallow be good for the 

 i land, here is a summer fallow ; if the ploughing 

 I between Indian Corn prepares the land for icheat, 

 ■ the digging between cabbages and other crops will, 

 J of course prepare the land for succeeding crops. 

 I 187. Watering plants, though so strongly re- 

 I commended in English Gardening Books, and so 

 jmuch in practice, is a thing of very doubtful utility 

 ^ in any case, and, in most cases, of positive injury. 

 A country often endures present suffering from 



