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a ridge in the middle of each interval, and so it 

 should be left till the next month. 

 LIQUORICE. 



This month the liquorice-plantation must be 

 hand-hoed again. Let the work be carefully per- 

 formed with small hoes ; but the plant not being 

 nearly so brittle as madder, it will not require &o 

 much nicety in the management. 



HOPS. 



If tying the binds to the poles was not finished 

 last month, it should be done early in this ; which 

 is also a busy season for cultivating the intervals in 

 the various methods practised in different hop 

 districts. About Midsummer, hops at Farnham are 

 pruned by cutting off the spare vines : these are the 

 perquisite of the work-people, who keep them for 

 hay in stacks to feed their cows, if they have any, 

 if not, they sell to those who have. 



FLAX. 



Weed the young flax : this is an expensive ope- 

 ration ; but the crop depends on it ; it must there 

 fore be effectually performed. 

 LUCERNE. 



The lucerne, drilled in the spring, will now w; 

 a very careful attendance. It will not be 

 able to horse- hoe it the first year, because its great 

 tenderness will not bear anv accidental evils that 

 may arise in the operation ; but the hand-hoes 

 ;uld be kept diligently at work ; the land kept 

 througnout this month perieclly free from weeds, 

 and the surface well broken by the hoes^ to keep 



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