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the point of the dibble, and on its being properly 
executed the fuccefs of the crop will, in dry weather, 
very materially.depend. 
If more bundles of plants may have been brought 
to the field than can be planted the fame day, let 
them (and indeed all others) be kept, as far as ne- 
ceffity will permit, from the action of the fun and 
wind. The plantation being finifhed, a vigilant Jad 
may be found neceflary for two or three days to 
keep off the daws and rooks; for thefe, perceiving 
the plants in a withered ftate, will fometimes be led, 
by inftinctive error, to fuppofe there are grub-worms 
at their roots, and draw them up again much fafter 
than they were planted. 
At the end of about a fortnight (more or lefs) 
after planting, the ridges will require hand-hoeing, 
and the plants thereby to be a little drefled. Soon 
after this, let the common plough pafs twice along 
each interval; and if the land be clean, and not too 
compaét and clofe, turn a furrow toward each row, 
taking care not to bury the plants; if otherwife, the 
furrows muft-be turned from the rows, and a ridge 
be formed thereby in the middle of each interval, 
bringing the plough for the purpofe within about 
three inches of the plants. This ridge muft, within 
a fortnight or three weeks, in dry weather prefer- 
ably, be returned again to the rows, and foon after 
be given another hand-hoeing. This laft procedure 
may with fome be thought too expenfive; but let it 
be 
