30 THE CULTURE 



If the feed had been preferved with fome 

 of the pulp about it, as mentioned in the 

 foregoing chapter, you may fow it in a 

 drill in the following manner. Firfl fteep 

 it in water till it becomes a foft pulp j then 

 make drills acrofs your beds as before di- 

 rected, only fomewhat deeper ; then hav- 

 ing fome fmall ropes made of hay, about 

 as thick as a bulrufii, fix them with two 

 pegs directly over each drills take now 

 the moifl pulp and rub it along the rope, 

 fo as the feed may flick here and there 

 upon it J having done this, thruft the pegs 

 down, fo that the rope may lie in the bot- 

 tom of the drill, and cover it with earth, 

 after which you may draw out the pegs. 

 This is a very eafy and good method, and 

 the feed will in all likelihood be defended 

 from frofl by the hay rope, and alfo for- 

 warded in fpringing by the heat of it when 

 it rots. 



In climates where the mulberries ripen 

 early in fummer, they may be fowed in 

 this manner as fafl as they ripen, without 

 any further trouble than rubbing them, 

 as you did the pulp, upon the hay ropes -, 

 by which you will gain almoft a year in 

 the growth of the trees 3 but as this is 



done 



