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in the Alleys, 'all over the Ground, 

 and to dig it in the Winter follow- 

 ing : The Quantity they will re- 

 quire, will be forty Loads to an 

 Acre, reckoning about thirty Buihels 

 to the Load. 



If you have not Dung enough 

 to cover all the Ground in one 

 Year, you may lay it on one Part 

 one Year, and on the rell: in ano- 

 ther, or a third, for there is no 

 Occafion to dung the Ground after 

 this manner oftener than once in 

 three Years. 



Thofe who have but a fmall 

 Quantity of Dung, ufually content 

 thcmfcives with laying on about 

 twenty Loads upon an Acre every 

 Year ; this they lay only on the 

 Hills, either about November, or in 

 the Spring, which laft fome ac- 

 count the beft Time, when the 

 Hops are drefs'd, to cover them 

 after they are cut; but if it be 

 done at this Time, the Compofl or 

 Dung ought to be very well rotted 

 and tine. 



As to the drefTmg of the Hops : 

 When the Hop-Ground is dug in 

 yanuary or Feiruaryy the Earth 

 about the Hills, and very near them, 

 ought to be taken away with a 

 Spade, that you may coaie the 

 more conveniently at the Stock to 

 €Ut it. 



About the End of Tehruary, if 

 the Hops were planted the Spring 

 before, or if the Ground be weak, 

 they ought to be drefs'd in dry 

 Weather; but elfe, if the Ground 

 be ftrong, and in Perfedion, the 

 Middle of March will be a good 

 Time ; and the latter End of March:, 

 if it be apt to produce over-rank 

 Binds, or the Beginning of ulpril 

 may be foon enough. 



Then having, with an Iron Picker, 

 clear'd away all the Earth out of 

 the Hills, io as to make the Stock 



bare to the principal Roots, with a 

 Iharp Knife you muft cut off all the 

 Shoots which grew up with the 

 Binds the lalf Year ; and alfo all the 

 young Suckers, that none be left 

 to run in the Alley, and weaken 

 the Hill. It will be proper to cut 

 one Part of the Stock lower than 

 the other, and alio to cut that Part 

 low that was left higheft the pre- 

 ceding Year : By purluing this Me- 

 thod, you may expedf to have 

 ftronger Binds, and alfo to keep the 

 Hill in good Order. 



In drefling thofe Hops that have 

 been planted the Year before, you 

 ought to cut off both the dead 

 Tops and the young Suckers which 

 have fprung up from the Sets, and,. 

 alfo to cover the Stocks with a Hive 

 with fine Earth a Finger's Length 

 in thicknefs. 



About the Middle of April the 

 Hops are to be pol'd, when the Shoots 

 begin to fprout up; the Poles muft 

 be fet to the Hills deep into the 

 Ground, with a fquare Iron Pitcher 

 or Crow, that they may the better 

 endure the Winds ; three Poles are 

 fufiicient for one Hill : Thefc 

 i"hould be plac'd as near the Hills as 

 may be, v/ith their bending Tops 

 turn'd outwards from the Hill, to 

 prevent the Binds fi:om intangling, 

 and a Space between two Poles 

 ought to be left open to the South 

 to admit the Sun-beams. 



The Poles ought to be in Length 

 fixteen or twenty Feet, more or 

 lefs, according as the Ground is in 

 Strengtli ; and great Care is to be 

 taken not to over-pole a young or 

 weak Ground, for that will drav/ 

 the Stock too much and weaken 

 it : If a Ground be over-poled, you 

 are not to exped a good Crop from 

 it, for the Branches which bear the 

 Hops will grow very little till the 

 Binds have ovcr-rcach'd the Poles, 



which 



