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the bud upwards, and the ground prefled clofe around them. If 



the buds have begun to open, the uppermoft mufl be left jufl: 



out of the ground ; otherwife, cover it with the earth an 



inch. Two or three fetts to a pole will be fufficient, and 



three poles to a hill will be found moft produ£live. Place 



one of the poles towards the north, the other two at equal 



diftances about two feet apart. The fetts are to be placed in 



the fame manner as the poles, that they may the eafier climb. 



The length of the poles may be from fourteen to eighteen 



feet, according as the foil is for richnefs. The poles fhould 



be placed inchning towards each other as to meet at the top, 



where they may be tied. This is contrary to the European 



method, but will be found bed in America. In this way they 



will flrengthen and fupport each other, and form fo great a 



defence againft the violent gufls of wind, to which our 



climate is frequently fubjeded in the months of July and 



Auguft, as to prevent their being blown down. They will 



likewife form a three-fided pyramid, which will have the 



greateft poffible advantage from the fun. It is fuggefled bv 



experience, that hops which grow near the ground are the 



beft. Too long poles are not good, and care mull be taken 



that the vines do not run beyond the poles : twilling oif their 



tops will prevent it. The befl kinds of wood for poles are the 



Alder, Aih, Birch, Elm, Chefnut, and Cedar. Their durablenefs 



is. diredly the reverfe of the order in which thev (land, and 



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