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The beans being planted, fuppofe the beginning 

 of March, before the end of April a plentiful crop 

 of w€eds may be expeded, notwithftanding the 

 pains that have been takeh to prevent it. Thofe 

 which are in or near the rows of beans, Ihould be 

 cut up with the hand-hoe; and the fooner this is 

 (ione the better, after the beans are high enough for 

 the hoer's direcflion. The weeds in the intervals 

 may ftand fomewhat longer, till the beans are fuf- 

 ficiently eftablillied in the ground, fo as not to 

 fuffer from the free ufe of the horfe-hoe. At this 

 ft^e of their growth, this inftrument (hould be 

 introduced, and a furrow cut as near one of the 

 ranks as may be with fafety, and the earth thrown 

 into the interval; on its return it muft cut a furrow 

 on the other fide of the row, and foon till the whole 

 field be finiflicd. There will then be a furrow ori 

 each fide of the rows, and high ridges in the mid- 

 dle of the intervals. Thefe fliould be well har- 

 rowed, with an irrftrument made of a proper width 

 to pafs between the rows without injuring the beans. 

 This would level the ground, break the clods, and 

 tear our many of the weeds. A plough with a 

 double mould-board is then to fplit the ridges in 

 the middle of the intervals, throwing one half to 

 the right, the other to the left, to earth up the 

 beans. Thus difpofed, it may remain for a month 

 or fix weeks, or till the weeds appear. Then the 

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