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for fifteen days, by which time it will be- 

 gin to fprout, and be in proper order for 

 lowing. 



IF there be any figns of mouldinefs 

 when the feed has lain eight or nine days, 

 (for it will be right to examine it about 

 that time) it muft be all turned out of the 

 box and rubbed over ; and if it appears to 

 be wet, it mould be fpread a few hours in 

 an open airy place, but not in the fun, 

 and then put up again, and afterwards 

 there will be no danger of its moulding. 



As foon as the carrots are fairly up they 

 fhould be hoed with a three-inch hoe. If 

 the weather is favourable they will grow 

 very faft, and in iix or eight weeks will 

 want hoeing again, which may be per- 

 formed with a fix-inch hoe, and left at 

 that diftance. 



Two hoeings will be fwfficient for the 



prepared feeds, if the ground be in tolera- 



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