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the swing-plough, and turn a furrow on each side 

 from the plants, which will consequently throw up 

 a ridge in the middle of each interval, and so it 

 should be left till the next month. 



LIQUORICE. 



This month the liquorice-plantation must be 

 hand- hoed again. Let the work be carefully per- 

 formed with small hoes; but the plant not being 

 nearly so brittle as madder, it will not require so 

 much nicety in the management. 



HOPS. 



If tying the binds to the poles was not finished 

 last month, it should be done early in this ; which 

 is also a busy season for cultivating the intervals in 

 the various methods practised in different hop 

 districts. About Midsummer, hops at Farnham are 

 pruned by cutting off the spare vines : these are 

 the perquisite of the work-people, who keep them 

 for hay in stacks to feed their cows, if they have 

 any, if not, they sell to those who have. 



FLAX. 



Weed the young flax: this is an expensive ope- 

 ration ; but the crop depends on it ; it must here- 

 fore be effectually performed. 



LCJCEftN. 



The luce rn, drilled in the spring, will now want 

 a very careful attendance. It will not be advis- 

 able to horse-hoe it the first year, because its great 



A a tender. 



