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fill such a volume as this work forms. I shall, ill 

 the seasons of the respective operations, remind the 

 farmer of the work that should be in his recollec- 

 tion. No beginner in husbandry would introduce 

 so operose an article of culture from any book. He 

 tyould fix, for some time, in a hop district, to make 

 himself acquainted with it, and procure an able, 

 sensible workman, long habituated to it, to assist 

 him in the undertaking. But as the article is here 

 named, for the" first time, a few Cautions will not 

 be improper, upon the general question of intro- 

 ducing the culture, where it is nearly or wholly 

 unknown. Whoever has any thought of such an 

 introduction, should duly consider several circum- 

 stances. He should of all others remember, that 

 hops demand a greater acreable capital by far, than 

 any other branch of cultivation. To form a new 

 plantation, and go through the first year, will cost 

 from SOl. to QOl. per acre, and the annual ex pence 

 afterwards will vary, according to circumstances, 

 from 30l. to 401. per acre. Next he is to bear in 

 mind, that a small insulated hop-ground does not 

 usually flourish so well as a large one, probably for 

 want of shelter. He is also to reflect on the great 

 and constant demand for manure, which his situa- 

 tion may not enable him to command, without very 

 much impoverishing the rest of his farm. He 

 should reside in a populous neighbourhood, for the 

 plentiful supply of hands at certain seasons of the 

 year. . He should consider well, whether the woods 

 in his vicinity are productive of hop-poles, for if 



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