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** a-crofs again before winter, laying it up in high ridges to mellow 

 *' by the froft : and if the ground is poor, there fliould be fome 

 ** rotten dung fpread over it in winter, which fhould be plowed in 

 " about the beginning of February : then in March, the ground 

 " fhould be plowed again to receive the feeds ; in the doing of 

 " which, fome farmers have two ploughs, one following the other 

 " in the fame furrow, fo that the ground is loofened a foot and a 

 *' half deep : others have men with fpades following the plough in 

 " the furrows, turning up a fpit of earth from the bottom, which 

 ** they lay upon the top, levelling it fmooth, and breaking the clods : 

 " the latter method is attended with a little more expence, but is 

 " much to be preferred to the firftj becaufe in this way the clods 

 " are more broken, and the furface of the ground is laid much 

 " evener. 



" If the land has been in tillage before, it will require but three 

 " plowings ; the firft juft before winter, when it Ihould be laid in 

 ** high ridges ; the fecond crofs plowing ihould be in February ; 

 *' after which, if it is well harrowed to break the clods, it will be 

 " of great fervice : the laft time muft be in March, to receive the 

 •' feeds : this fhould be performed in the manner before mentioned. 

 ** After this third plowing, if there remain great clods of earth un- 

 " broken, it will be proper to harrow it well before the feeds are 

 <* fown. One pound and a half of feeds will be fufhcient for an 

 " acre of land : but as they are apt to adhere together, fo it renders 

 " them more difhcult to fow even, than moll other forts : therefore 

 ** fome mix a quantity of dry fand with their feeds, rubbing them 

 • •' well together, fo as to feparate the carrot feeds from each other, 

 " which is a good method. After the feeds are fown, they mufh 

 " be gently harrowed in to bury them ; and when the plants come 

 *• up, they fhould be hoed. 



" But in order to preferve your carrots for ufe all the winter and 

 " fpring, you fhould, about the beginning of November, when the 

 " green leaves are decayed, dig them up, and lay them in fand in 

 "a dry place, where the frofl cannot come to them, taking tliem 

 " out from time to time as you have occalion for them ; referving 

 *' fome of the longefl and flraitefl roots for feed, if you intend to 

 *' fave any J which roots fhould be planted in. the middle of Febru- 

 *' ary, in a light foil, about a foot afunder each way, obferving to 

 " keep the ground clear from weeds : and in the middle of Au- 

 " gull, when you find the feed is ripe, you mufl cut it oft, and carry 



