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Mr. Prcfident made a communication concerning Hieep. 



Mr. Prefident, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Mitchill, were eleded 

 Members of the Committee of Publication and Review. 



Mr. Ruffel, in behalf of the Committee appointed for that 

 purpofe, made the following report on the cultivation of hops, 

 viz. 



The Committee appointed to invejligate and report the hejl method 

 o/raijing Hops y offer the following as the mojl perfed the 



Jhortnefs of the time would allow them to collet. — Suggefling 

 at the fame time the propriety of a further examination of the 



fubjedl, embracing improvements ivhich time and experience 

 are continually unfolding. 



A RICH deep foil, rather inclining to moiflure, is, on 

 the whole, the befl adapted for the cultivation of 

 Hops ; but it is obfervable, that any foil, (fliff clay only 

 excepted), will fuit the growing of hops when properly prepared 

 —-and in many parts of Great Britain they ufe the bog- 

 ground, which is fit for Httle elfe. The ground on which 

 hpps are to be planted, fhould be made rich with that kind 

 of manure bell fuited to the foil, and rendered fine and 



