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An alley, five feet wide, was made on one fide of this bed. by- 

 plucking up the old vines within that diftance. Some of thefe,which 

 were left, ferved to form a row of vines, ready againft the making of 

 a fecond bed parallel to the firft. It is plain, that the making of a 

 bed in this manner, requires a width of ten feet, viz.- five feet for 

 the vines, and five feet for die alley. This bed was made, in this 

 manner, in November 1752. 



After I had feen the crop which it produced in 1754, I no longer 

 hefitated to extend the experiment : and accordingly, in November, 

 I made three other beds, like the former, and clofe to it. 



I not only made no doubt but that the vines, being fo difpofed, 

 and having an equal quantity of earth to draw their nourilliment from, 

 would thrive better than they do in our common method of cul- 

 ture ; but I likewife hoped that their being expofed on all 

 fides to the influences of the fun and air, by means of the alleys, 

 would facilitate their vegetation, and haften the ripening of the 

 grapes. 



11. Of the importance of leffejiing the expence of culture, by the new 



difpoftion of the vines. 



'T^HIS article will be of no great confequence to thofe who are al- 

 •*• ready ufed to cultivate tlieir vineyards with the horfe-hoe : I 

 write it for thofe only who are not acquainted with that pradlice. 



The manner in which I propofe diilributing the vines, fliews at 

 once the poflibility and facility of giving the alleys every necefiary 

 culture, with the fame plough and the fame cultivator that we ufe 

 for the alleys of our corn fields. I have not found the leafl difficulty 

 in the execution of this pradlice. 



The ground thus cultivated in the alleys, will be about a third part 

 of the whole : the remaining two thirds will continue to be cultivated 

 by hand, as ufual ; and the expence will be confiderably diminifhed, 

 by the difpatch with which the ploughs, or cultivator, will perform 

 their part. 



The plough may be brought as near the vines as one pleafes, pro- 

 vided care be taken not to damage them. An expert hufbandman 

 will eafily know how to manage in that refpedl. 



Another diminution of the expence attending the common culture 

 of vineyards is, that as, by the method which I propofe, the number 

 of vines will be fewer, they will of courfe require lefs labour, and 



there- 



