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that the moifture, which will be a- certain deftrufti- 

 onof the Ants, may a little refide there : This muft 

 be done in November, December, or January, that 

 the Roots of the Grafs may the better take to the 

 ground, before hot weather comes in the Spring. 



Among Mr. S feeds notes, there are thefe Redpts, 

 take red Herrings, and cutting them in pieces, burn 

 the pieces on the Mole-hills ; or you may put Gar- 

 lick or Leeks in the Mouthes of their Hills, and the 

 Moles will leave the ground, 1 have not tryed thefe 

 ways, and therefore refer the Reader to his own 

 try a', belief, or doubt. 



I had almoft forgot to mention the change of Seed 

 from grounds of a contrary nature, which by the ex- 

 perience of Husbandmen is found very advantageous, 

 and is thought to prevent imootinefs. Tis the cu- 

 flomin Bt'ckirghamfbire, for thofe of the Vale to 

 buy their Seed from the Chiltern, on this acconnt ; 

 and this experiment is found profitable in Wheat, 

 Barley, Peafe, and all Field Grains ; and not fo one- 

 ly, but alfo in Garden Plants. 



For the preferving early or late feved Corner the 

 fame when it begins to orn in the Ear, from Crows, 

 Rooks,or ]ack-Daws,Mr.i?//V6 has invented thisScare- 

 Crow: You murt, fays he, kill a Crow or two, and 

 take them into the Field where they haunt, and in 

 the moll obvious, plain, perfpicuous places, make a 

 gre-at hole of t vo foot over, and about twenty Inches 

 deep, on the higheft ground in the Field, which hole 

 muft be (luck round about the edges with the longeft 

 Feathers ; the bottom mult be covered with the 

 fhortefl, and Come part of the Carkafs ; and that 

 Tu r f or Eaith that is digged out of the hole, being 

 Jad found upon a heap 3 you may iUck round with 



Feathers 



