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Plough the ground from three to four Inches deep, 

 and nine inches wide, and make about eighteen fur» 

 rows on one ridge of land, about five yards widej 

 but when the foil is very dry, the ridge may be 

 double the breadth : Let a man follow the plough 

 with a fpade, and level the flag where it may have 

 been broken by the plough ; then roll it with a roller 

 of about feven feet, with one or two horfes or oxen, 

 and it is fit for dibbling. A man or a womaii has a 

 dibble in each hand about two feet nine inches 

 long, made of iron, the bottom of which is made in 

 the form of a cone, fuitable to make a hole in the 

 ground not lefs than two inches deep, and the handle 

 is covered with wood for the eafe of the dibbler, 

 who walks backward, and turning the dibbles partly 

 round, (which mud be particularly obferved, becaufe 

 that adion prevents the mould from falling into the 

 hole) makes two holes on each flag, at the diftance 

 of three inches rhe lengthway of the flag. Children 

 follow, and drop in two or three feeds, and care 

 fliould be taken that they do not drop in more : 

 two at the beginning of the feafon would be fufii- 

 cient, and three at the latter end. The land fliould 

 be bufli-harrowed three or four times in a place, 

 xhcfame day, by the farmer with buflies fixed to a 

 gate-lift, or if on light harrows, care mufl: be taken 

 that the tines do not penetrate the ground. Seven 

 pecks of wheat prepared as ufual are fufficient. One 



dibbler 



