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to be new, which is injurious to Hops 5 and 

 that of Horfes,Cows,or Oxen, tho' very good, 

 is not to be compared with Pigeons Dung, 

 a little of which laid to a Hill and mixt, 

 that it may not be of too great Heat in a 

 Place, is of very great Advantage. Sheeps 

 Dung is alfo very good 5 fo that if fome of it, 

 with Pigeons Dung, be fteep d in Water 'till 

 it is quite dilTolv'd, and a Diftiful of it pour*d 

 into the hollow Place at the Top of every 

 Hill, inftead of common Watering, the Ver- 

 tue of it will immediately penetrate to the 

 Roots, and prove more expeditious for Enrich- 

 ing of Hcp-Hills, and lefs expcnfive, than any 

 other Way whatfoever. 



Your Ground being laid out and foiled, we 

 come to the Planting of Hops, wherein thefe 

 Things are to be conlSder'd^ the Choice of 

 Sets, the Pruning, and the Seafon for plant- 

 ing. The moft proper Time of Planting 

 Hops is in 03ober^ before the Approach of 

 the cold Weather ^ and this Work muft not 

 be deferred too long, that the Plants may have 

 Time to fettle before the Spring. In the 

 Choice of your Sets, the largeft, of about 

 eight or ten Inches in Length, and having 

 three or four Joints or Buds in each Plant, are 

 to be preferred 3 but the Roots that grow 

 downwards are not to be cut. Thefe Plants 

 are to be put into the Holes (prepared for them 

 before taken out of the Ground) at each Cor- 

 ner of the Hole to be one, and the Earth to 

 rais'dtwo or three Inches about them, unlefs 



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