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word about the beer^ which^ if it flow at any time^ 

 is sure to flow then. Besides, with farmers in 

 general, the digging of fields must be totally out 

 of the question. The work must be done with 

 the plough ; and in the manner which, in the 

 next chapter, I shall have to describe, when speak- 

 ing of the summer cultivation. 



59. You may, with great care, plough cleanly 

 and deeply in the space of four feet ; but you can 

 do it with a great deal better, and with more 

 facility, in a space of five. Besides, five feet 

 leaves room for a small cart to go along the inter- 

 vals to bring in the tops. I have been exceedingly 

 troubled this year for the want of such spaces ; 

 there is not room sufficient in three feet even for 

 the work of topping. The man disturbs one 

 row as he is topping the other; and there is 

 not room to spread the top sufficiently for them 

 to receive the sun and air in order to their drying. 

 From this cause my tops have been greatly les- 

 sened in value this year. Five feet intervals give 

 good room for every thing ; and, therefore, those 

 are the intervals which I recommend, and which 

 I certainly shall adopt myself. 



60. Then, you may place the plants closer to 

 each other in the row; ,and 1 intend to place 

 mine at six inches apart, instead of eight, which 

 was the distance at which they would have stood 

 this year, if I had not at too late a period dis_ 



