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and most other meetings ; for 

 where steeples are four miles apart, 

 they would be only two or three. 

 IVluch time, expense, and labour, 

 would on these accounts be saved ; 

 and civilization, with all the social 

 virtues, would, perhaps, be propor- 

 tionably promoted and increased. 



Nothing is wanting to produce 

 these, and other agreeable effects, 

 but a better knowledge of, and clo- 

 ser attention to. matters of husban- 

 dry, with their necessary conse 

 quences, which would be a more 

 perfect culture, a judicious choice 

 of crops, and change of seeds, and 

 making every advantage of ma- 

 nures. 



Improvements of vast importance, 

 might also be made in the manage- 

 ment of meadows and pastures. 

 See those articles. 



INARCHING, "a method of 

 grafting, commonly called grafting 

 by approach, and is used when the 

 stock intended to graft on, and the 

 tree from which the graft is to be 

 taken, stand so near, or can be 

 brought so near, that they may be 

 joined together. The method of 

 performing it is as follovvs : Take 

 the branch you would inarch, and 

 having fitted it to that part of the 

 stock where you intend to join it, 

 pare away the rind and wood on 

 one side, about three inches in 

 length. After the same manner, 

 cut the stock or branch in the place 

 where the graft is to be united, so 

 that the rind of both may join 

 equally together : Then cut a lit- 

 tle tongue upwards in the graft,and 

 make a notch in the stock to admit 

 it; so that when they are joined, 

 the tongue will prevent their slip- 



ping,and the graft will more close- 

 ly unite with the stock. Having 

 thus placed them exactly together, 

 tie tliem with some soft tying 5 then 

 cover the place with grafting clay, 

 to prevent the air from entering to 

 dry the wound, or the wet from 

 getting in to rot the stock. You 

 shouldalso fix a stake in the ground, 

 to which that part of the stock, to- 

 gether with tiie graft, should be 

 fastened, to prevent the wind from 

 breaking them asunder, which is 

 often the case, when this precau- 

 tion is not observed. In this man- 

 ner the^ are to remain about four 

 months, in which time they will be 

 sufficiently united, and the graft 

 may then be cut from the mother 

 tree, observing to slope it off close 

 to the stock. And if at this time 

 you cover the joined parts with 

 fresh grafting clay, it will be of 

 great service to the graft. 



'^This operation is always per- 

 formed in April or May, and is 

 commonly practised upon myrtles, 

 jasmines, walnuts, firs, pines, and 

 several other trees that will not 

 succeed by common grafting, or 

 budding." Dictionary of Arts. 



INCREASE, a word commonly 

 used in husbandry, to express the 

 proportion in which a crop ex- 

 ceeds the seed from which it is 

 raised. It is generally true that 

 the smaller the quantity of seed 

 the greater is the increase ; be- 

 cause a plant that stands by itself, 

 has all the food that the earth is 

 adapted to give it. But plants 

 that are so near together that their 

 roots intermingle, do more or less 

 rob each other of their food. But 

 we must not conclude from hence. 



