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he shim: not for turning a ridge against the 

 rows, as the plants will yet be too weak for that 

 operation, but merely to loosen the earth of the 

 > kill the weeds, and prepare the 

 soil for throwing up against the rows by a succeed- 

 ing operation. Hand-hoeing and weeding should 

 depend on the number of the weeds that arise 

 among the plants. Let the cultivator of madder, 

 through the whole process of the crop, remember, 

 that he must be to the full as accurate as a gar- 

 dener : his soil must be rendered but little inferior 

 to a dung-hill : all weeds must be for ever eradi- 

 cated ; not one must injure the plants: his land 

 must always be kept perfectly loose and well pul- 

 verized ; for a crop that depends merely on the 

 quantity of the roots, can never thrive to profit in 

 land that is bound, or in an adhesive state. 



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Forward white pease will be fit to cut early in this 

 month. If the crop is very great, they must be 

 hooked; but if small, or only middling, mowing 

 will be sufficient. The stalks and leaves of pease 

 being very succulent, they should be taken good 

 care of in wet weather : the tufts, called wads, or 

 heaps, should be turned, or they will receive da- 

 mage. White pease should always be perfectly dry 

 before they are housed, or they will sell but indif- 

 ferently, as the brightness and plumpness of the 

 grain are considered at market more than with hog- 

 pease. The straw also, if well harvested, is very good 

 fodder for all sorts of cattle and for sheep ; but if 

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