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 yo A G. R I C Ur L T U R E. with a plough that has no mold-board, for the horfe to 18. Some time in May, the rows muft be evened, go in that draws the drill, direfting himfelf with his eye which, though troublefome at firft, foon becomes eafy, by the flakes. as the weeds are foon kept under by tillage. 8. The flowing fhould be fmifhed about the end of 19. In June, juft before the wheat is in bloom, anoSeptember, or beginning of October. ther ftirring muft be given with the plough. A deep 9. The furrows muft be traced the long way of the furrow muft be made in the middle of the intervals, and land, that as little ground as poffible may be loft in head- the earth thrown upon the fides.of the rows. lands i 20. When the wheat is ripe, particular care moft be ta10. The rows, if it can be done, ftiould run down ken in reaping it, to trample as little as poflible on the the'flope of the land, that the water may get the ca- ploughed land. ller off. 21. Soon after the wheat is carried off the field, the 11. The feed-wheat muft be plunged into a tub of. intervals muft be turned up with the plough, to prepare lime-water, andftirred, that the light corn may come to them for the feed. The great furrow in the middle the furface and be Ikimmcd off. ..muft not only be filled, but the earth raifed as much as 12. The feed muft next be flpread on a floor, and fre- poflible in the middle of the intervals. quently ftirred, till it is dry enough to run through the 22. In September, the land muft be again fowed with valves of the happer of the drill. a drill, as above directed. 13. To prevent fmut, the feed may be put into a lye 23. In Odober, the ftubble muft be turned in for forming the new intervals; and the fame management of alhes and lime. 14. After the happers of the drill are filled, the muft be obferved as direded in the firft year. horfe muft go flowly along the furrow that was traced. We pretend not to determine whether the old or new That a proper quantity of feed may be fown, the a- ■ hufbandry be preferable in every country. perture of the happer muft be.fuited to the fize of the With regard to this point, the climate, the fituatibn of particular land, fltill and dexterity in managing the grain. 15. As the drill is feldom well managed at firft, the machinery, the comparative expeuce in raifing crops, and field Ihould be examined after the corn has come up, and many other circumftances, muft be accurately attended to before a determination can be given. One obfervathe deficiencies fupplied. 16. Stiff lands that retain the wet, muft be ftirred or tion, however, may be made in favour of the new hufhoed in Offober. This Ihould be done by opening a fur- bandry :—Though the particular modes of cultivating row in the middle of the intervals, and afterwards filling land by it are perhaps too limited to be univerfally adit up by a furrow drawn on each fide, which will raife opted ; yet it has been of great ufe in raifing fufpicions the earth in the middle of the intervals, and leave two concerning the old method, and in turning the views of fmall furrows next the rows,, for draining off the water, philofophers and farmers towards improving in general. Many real improvements in agriculture have been the which is very hurtful to wheat in winter. 17. The next ftirring muft be given about the end of confequences of thefe fufpicions; and as this fpirit of March, with a light plough. In this ftirring, the fur- inquiry remains in full vigour, particularly in our own rows made to drain the rows muft be filled up by earth country, a folid foundation is laid for expedting ftill further improvements in this ufeful art. from the middle of the intervals. A G R AGRIFOLIUM, in botany. See Aquifolium. AGRIMONIA, Agrimony, in botany, a genus of the dodecandriadigynia clafs. There are three fpecies of this genus, viz. the eupatoria, repens, and agrimonoides; of which the eupatoria only is a native of Britain. The calix of the eupatoria is quinquedentated; it has five petals, and two feeds in the bottom of the calix. It is faid to be good in obftru&ions of the liver, &c. AGRIMONOIDES, in botany, the trivial name of a fpecies of the agrimonia. AGRIMONY. See Agrimonia. iAw/i Agrimony. See Eupatorium. Water-hemp-Agrimony. See Bidens. AGRIOCINARA, in botany. See Cinara. AGRIPPA, in midwifery, a term applied to children brought forth with their feet foremoft. See Midwifery.

A G R AGRIUM, in nat. hift. See Natrum. AGROM, the name of a difeafe incident to the inhabitants of the Eaft-Indies, by which their tongues chap and cleave in different places. AGROPOLI, a fmall town in the kingdom of Naples, and province of the Hither Principato. AGROSTEMMA, or Cockle, in botany, a genus of the decandria pentagynia clafs. The calix is monophyllous ; the petals are five, and ungulated; and the capfule one-valved. There are four fpecies of the agroftemma, viz. the githago, a native of Britain; the coolirofa, a native of Sicily; the coronaiia, a native of Italy; and the flos Jovis, a native of Switzerland. AGROSTIS, bent-grofs, in botany, a genus of the triandria digynia clafs. The calix has two valves, terminated by a beard or aun. There are fifteen fpecies of the anroftis, eight of which are natives ofAGROSBritain.