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At length the plants came up very regularly and 

 well J but the ground having had but one plough- 

 ing, the weeds very foon overtopped them. Wo- 

 men were then fet to work to weed them by hand, 

 which they performed very completely. The 

 plants at that time made a wretched appearance ; 

 but in lefs than a month after were indeed very 

 promifing. The weeds came up again very thick, 

 and grew faftj the hand-hoes were then fet to work, 

 and immediately followed by the horfe-hoe. This 

 left them very clean, gave them frefh well pulverized 

 earth, and from this time they grew very rapidly. 



In July the outfide leaves feemed to have at- 

 tained their full growth nearly s they were therefore 

 plucked off, and given to the pigs. 



This mode of planting fucceeded very well, yet I 

 think it is capable of confiderable improvement. 

 When I plant this article again, I will have the 

 ground ploughed in ridges of the fame fize as 

 before; but inflead of two or three rows, I would 

 have but one, which Ihould be exadly in the middle 

 ot each ridge, the fpare ground then between the 

 jows would be a yard wider, which would admit of 

 the horfe-hoe being worked very freely. The kcd 

 fhould be dropped eight or nine inches apart, and 



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