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The method to proceed is this : 

 plow and harrow ; then fow and harrow 

 fcgain. 



IF the foil is ftiff (which it will not be 

 if it has been managed as directed) a heavy 

 harrow mould be drawn over it three of 

 four times before it is fown, and then har- 

 rowed twice over with a light harrow after 

 it is fown. A pound and a half of feed- 

 is fiifficient for an acre ; but thofe who 

 have riot been accuftomed to fow it had 

 better ufe two pounds* They are eafily 

 cut out in hoeing* if too thick. 



THE feed being very light) the hufks 

 that adhere to it make it very apt to flick 

 elofe, and render it hard to feparate ; there- 

 fore the beft method is to mix it with 

 twice as much fand as feed, of a different 

 colour from the land that it is fown in ; if 

 the land is of a red colour ufe white fand, 

 and red fand, if the ground is of a whiteifh 

 colour ; rub it between the hands until the 

 hulks are moftly broken off; then the 

 R z feeds 



