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after the other ; becaufe, as you are to 

 pull them in the morning, thefe will have 

 enjoy'd the morning fun in the beginning 

 of the feeding fealbn j and after having 

 pulled all the leaves on the eaft fide, you 

 may then begin with the wefc fide j for the 

 feafon having now advanced, there will be 

 fufhcient heat to dry the dews on the weft 

 fide, though the fun has not yet flione on 

 it in the morning, when you btgin to pull 

 the leaves : befides, the fun will have fome 

 influence, in fliining through the hedge, 

 the leaves being already thinned on the eaft 

 fide, not but that you may, if there is a 

 neceffity, order your time of pulling the 

 leaves after the fun has fhone a while on 

 the weftern fide. 



Thefe hedges may produce branches and 

 leaves almoft to the ground ; by which 

 means they will be eafier pulled than thofe 

 of ftandard trees; and if rain fliould have 

 much wet the leaves, and you are in im- 

 mediate want of food for the worms, you 

 can with a forked pole, fixed againft the 

 larger branches, fhake and diilodge great 

 part of the wet : befides, if rain falls with 

 a little wind either from the eaft or wefter- 

 ly points, then one fide of the hedge- will 



not 



