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tree of a proper fize) and a fickle in the right hand, 

 (both hands, but more efpecially the right, fhould 

 be armed with ftrong gloves) then thrufting the 

 fickle among the young (hoots, and pulling it back- 

 ward, the forked ilick when oppofcd to them keeps 

 the branches fleady enough to produce a refiftanc© 

 fufficient to make the fickle cut themj and as the 

 tops of the whins are intermixed with each other, 

 they flick to the prongs of the fork, which, after it is 

 as full as it can hold, is taken to a fide, and cleared 

 by prefTing the whins to the ground and pulling the 

 fork backwards, Thcfe little heaps are afterwards 

 forked to a cart, and prefled down by a man walking 

 upon them, having his legs covered with large ftrong 

 boots made on purpofe, and thus are carried home. 



If the whins have grown upon a good foil, and 

 have made very vigorous Ihoots, they may be thus 

 reaped pretty expeditioufly^ but if the foil has been 

 poor, and the fhoots fliort, the expence of this ope- 

 ration is very confiderablci and as thefe fhort whins 

 arc, in other refpedls, of a very inferior quality to the 

 others as food for bcafts, it is only at times when 

 fodder is fcarce and dear, that they can be oecono- 

 mically applied to this ufe. 



To abridge this labour, and to obtain the full be- 

 nefit of this valuable winter food, I tried myfclf to 



cultivate 



