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fhonld be in readinefs the following fimple 

 moulds, which ought to be compounded 

 ibme time before they are wanted. Good 

 light loam furface, that has laid in a heap 

 till the grafs is quite rotten, and has been 

 turned feveral times; rotten dung that 

 has been turned until it is become as fmall 

 as mould ; light rich wood-earth that has 

 been turned four or five times ; rotten 

 bark from the ftove, fifted, that has laid a 

 year,- and been turned feveral times ; and 

 good marp fand, and if the fand was 



turned once or twice it would be the bet- 

 ter. 



THE turriing of the different moulds; 

 before they are mixed; is of great ufe to 

 them, as it meliorates all their different 

 particles, and makes them fit for mixing. 

 It mould be done in the winter, when 

 there is hard froft and no fnow, for mow 

 is very bad for all com.pofitions that are 

 not made of long ft raw, leaves, &c. and 

 to them it is of great fervice. The frozen 

 parts fhould be turned into the middle, 

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