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V/ell together i this will feparate the graihSi» 

 and make them fit to be fown. 



Or without mixing any fand the pulp 

 may be fown moiil, by rubbing it on a 

 fmail hay rope which is to be fet in a drill 

 of earth v/ith the mulberry feed fticking 

 to it, as will be more fully mentioned here- 

 after ; and for this purpofe it w^ou'd have 

 been fr.fficient to Jiave only fqueezed out 

 the juice of the berries without wafhing 

 them in water, as before mentioned. 



Thofe who will not be at the trouble of 

 faving their own feed, but buy it from the 

 feeds-men, fhould take care that they are 

 3iot impofed on ; much of what is fold be- 

 ing often good for nothing, which pro^ 

 ceeds either from its being ill faved, gather- 

 ed from unripe berries, or from trees 

 which had been difleafed j or from its be- 

 ing too old. Seed that is very good and 

 found may be known by its fmking in wa- 

 ter after having been fteeped in it for three 

 or four hours ; though, as I mentioned be- 

 fore, when the fliell is not com pleat] y filled 

 by the kernel, a good deal will fwim, and 

 may be fkimm'd off and fav'd. It is as 

 fure a method as any of knowing good feedj 

 to crack a few of the fhells, and obferve 



whether 



