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DIBBLING. 



THE simplest and cheapest mode of dibbling 

 is, first, to burn the land intended to be 

 planted in the spring, when the prevalence 

 of an east wind admits of the heather being 

 burnt, and it should be burnt effectually. 

 Early in the autumn, before frost sets in, 

 a sufficient depth of hole may be made with 

 the dibbling-iron (No. 1), as used in sowing 

 wheat, to receive two or three acorns ; and in 

 February or March following, as the weather 

 suits, let chestnuts and the sycamore keys 

 and mountain-ash berries be put into the 

 ground in like manner. 



But let the chestnuts be placed with the 



