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Some recommend the Towing of 

 it about the Beginning of Tebrua,ry\ 

 for which they give this Reafon, 

 That whereas it is apt to be fpoil'd 

 by the Fly and Grub, it efcapes the 

 better being early fown i and if 

 they do kill any of it, they have 

 the bitter Opportunity of lowing 

 more. 



They do this by making Holes 

 with a Stick, about feven or eight 

 Indies afunder, and put five or fix 

 Seeds into each Hole. 



They feldom or never ibw it 

 more than two Years upon the 

 fame Piece of Land : becaufe, if it 

 be long continued, it robs the Soil ; 

 but, if it be moderately us'd, it 

 prepares Land for Corn ; and where 

 the Soil is rank, it abates the too 

 great Fertility ot it. 



It is ripe when the Leaf is come 

 to its full Growth, and retains its 

 perfedf Colour, and lively Green- 

 nefs, which is fometimes fooner, 

 and fometimes later, as the Year 

 proves dry or moift. 



As foon as it is fit to cut, it 

 fhould be done with all the Speed 

 that polTibly may be, that it may 

 not fade, nor grow pale j and when 

 it is cut, it ought to be imme- 

 diately carry'd to the Mill. The 

 Manner of doing which, and the 

 Way of ordering it, is beft learn'd 

 from experienc'd "Workmen, and is 

 not to be trufted to a verbal De- 

 fcripti'on of it. 



In ploughing it up, and fowing 

 it again, they pick up all the old 

 Roots as they harrow if, except 

 what they deiign for Seed, which 

 they let Hand to the next Year: 

 It many times produces fifty Quar- 

 ters upon an Acre. 



They always keep a good Quan- 

 tity ot Seed by them, to plant the 

 Ground that tail* ; The Seed of 



two Years old will fometimes 

 grow as well as at the firft. And if 

 they low or plant it late, if the 

 Ground be dry and hard, they fteep 

 it in Water the Day before they 

 fow it, which caufes it to come 

 up the fooner. 



Good Woad may yield five or fix 

 Crops in a plentiful Year j tho' it 

 ordinarily yields but four, fome- 

 times but three, efpecially if it be 

 let ftand to grow for Seed : But 

 what grows in Winter they do not 

 ufe, tho' it is very good for Sheep. 

 The two firfl; Crops are the beft, 

 whicli are ufually mix'd in the 

 Seafoning. The latter Crops are 

 much the worfe, which, if mix'd 

 with either of the former Crops, 

 fpoil the whole. 



It many Times fells from fix 

 Pounds to thirty Pounds a Tun, 

 an Acre commonly yielding about 

 a Tun. 



JUDAICA ARBOR i vide Sili- 

 quaftrum. 



JUJUBE 5 vide Zizyphus. 



JULL\NS, or ROClvETS i vide 

 Helper is. 



JULY FLOWER or Gilli-flow- 

 er i vide Caryophyllus. 



JUNIPERUS i The Juniper- 

 Tree. 



The Characiers are ; 

 The Leaves are long, narrt'co and 

 prickly: The Male Flowers are in 

 fome Species produc'd at remote Di- 

 ftances from the Fruit on the fame 

 Tree, but in, other Species they are 

 produc'd on different JYees from the 

 Fruit : The Fruit is a foft, pulpy 

 Berry, containing three Seeds in each. 

 The Species are i 

 . JuNiPERUSi vulgaris, fruti- 

 cofa. C. B. The common £'/?glifJ? 

 'uniper. 



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