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weight, and make it much finer. The fum- 

 r fallow ought to be plowed five or fix 

 times in the fuinmer, and but very little har- 

 rowed. The feed fur given in the autumn 

 ihould be well water-furrowed. This will 

 keep in the moifture better than plowing in 

 the fpring, and be much more certain of a 

 good crop : For in fome years the drought 

 lets in after the fpring plowing, which ruins 

 the crop. The feed Ihould be fown as early 

 as the feafon will permit. 



It may be objected, that the ground being 

 fo rich, the flax will be in danger of lodging 

 and rotting, efpecially in the weft country, 

 where they have fo much rain. 



In anfwcr to this I would obferve, That 

 whenever this happens to be the cafe, the 

 proper remedy is to pull the flax, if there be 

 no appearance of fair weather, and fpread it 

 regularly upon the ground where it grows, 

 but rather thick, and turn it every day. If 

 the rain continues, it will be well watered in 

 a few weeks, more regularly and better than 

 if it had been put into the water, and the flax 

 whiter. If, indeed, I was certain of the rain 

 continuing, I would never chufe to water 



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