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2. When Wheat is sowed late, it must not be sowed dry, least the winter might kill the young wheat; but it cannot then be plowed dry and sowed wet, because commonly sowed under furrow, that is the feed is first sowed and then instantly ploughed in.
Observation Mr. Tull's position is liable to be disputed, but were it just the inference against late sowing can have no weight, as a dry Season when the late sower peets his seed in the ground secures its being destroyed.
3. The sowing early in light land can only succeed if the ground is wet, least poppies and other weeds should devour his crop.
Observation Mr. Tull should rather have objected to wet sowing as subject to Weeds; poppies areo only local annoyances.
4. Strong land whether sowed early, wet or dry is apt to grow so hard and strong by spring, that the crop is in danger of being starved, unless the land be rich, or much dunged; and then the winter and spring catchword proving /catchword
