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it fhould be turned again, taking great 

 care to keep it clear of weeds between the 

 turnings ; the firft hard froft in winter 

 turn it again, laying all the frozen parts 

 into the infide, and it will be fit for ufe in 

 the fpring, 



SOME time before the feed trees are in- 

 tended to be {own, lay two inches of the 

 compofition all over the ground, and prick 

 it over two or three times to mix and incor- 

 porate it with the old ground ; by being 

 thus worked it will be much moifter (if 

 the feafon is very dry) than land that has 

 been lefs worked : it will alfo be neceilary 

 to prick the beds over juft before they 

 are fown ; and if they are very mellow it 

 will be much better not to rake the beds, 

 but only to level them even with the 

 fpade ; then fow the feeds, and with a flat 

 board prefs the bed level, and cover it ac- 

 cording to the fize of the feed. 



IT would be a good method to have a 



large heap of ftufF, the fame as the beds, 



B 2 mixed 



