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grayel or.fand, a fine rich loam mould be 

 ufed inflead of fand and afhes * r but rotten 

 cow-dung will anfwer better than horfe- 

 dpng ; and if all the layers of dung, ex- 

 cept the laft, is not fo very rotten it will 

 be the better. gJJ ? 



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AFTER all the ground is trenched and 



well mixed,, there mould be an inch ot 

 very rotten dung, two of loam, and one 

 of good black mould, laid all over, and 

 pricked over at leaft three times, that they 

 maybe well mixed. This work fhould 

 be done in the beginning of winter, and 

 by lying rough it will be in good order 

 for fowjng in the fpring. 

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IF the natural foil is either a light loam 

 or a fine black mould, there will be no oc- 

 cafion'for- any thing except dung; but in 

 all forts of foils there mould be a good 

 layer of dung in the bottom of the trench, 

 ?.s the lower parts of the beds cannot be 

 mended after the afparagus is fown ; and 

 the roots get to the bottom (as 



they 



