Note 230 — CHAP. XVII. Of Differences between the Old and the New Husbandry.
Reading edition
But where there is not the Convenience of keeping Oxen, the Price of Hoeing with Horses is One Shilling each time.
When a Roller is used, which is less than a Hoeing, because one Person to lead is enough, and that may be a Boy; and once in an interval may suffice; then ’tis less Labour than half a Hoeing; and for this we may well abate One Hoeing of the Eight.