Penfyfaania, Philadelphia. 



ther year ; during which the refin comes out 

 between the cracks of the item. The tree is 

 then felled and burnt for tar; and the tar 'thus 

 made is called green tar, not that there is that 

 difference of colour in it, for in this refpeft 

 they are both pretty much alike ; but the latter 

 is called fo from being made of green and frefli 

 trees ; whereas common tar is made of dead 

 trees : the burning is done in the fame manner 

 as in Finland. They ufe only black firs j for the 

 white firs will not ferve this purpofe, though 

 they are excellent for boards, mafts, &c. Green 

 tar is dearer than common tar. It is already a 

 pretty general complaint, that the fir woods arc 

 almoft wholly destroyed by this practice. 



RICE is planted in great quantity in Caro- 

 lina - y it fucceeds beft in mariQhy and fwampy 

 grounds, which may be laid under water, and 

 likewife ripens there the fooneft. Where thefe 

 cannot be had, they muft choofe a dry foilj 

 but the rice produced here, will be much inferior 

 to the other ; the land on which it is culti- 

 vated muft never be manured. In Carolina they 

 fow it in the middle of April, and it is ripe in 

 September : it is planted in rows like peafe, and 

 commonly fifteen inches fpace is left between 

 the rows -, as foon as the plants are come up, 

 the field is laid under water. This not only 

 greatly forwards the growth of the rice, but 

 likewife kills all weeds, fo as to render weeding 

 unneceffary. The ftraw of rice is faid to be 

 excellent food for cattle, who eat it very greedi- 

 ly, Rice requires a hot climate, and therefore 

 i| will not fucceed well in Virginia^ the fummer 



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