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fo that .the Top will foon be as 

 dry as the Lowermoft, and every 

 Hop be equally dry'd. 



As fbon as the Hop are taken 

 ofF the Kiln, lay them in a Room 

 for three Weeks or a Month to 

 cool, give, and toughen, for if they 

 are bagged immediately, they will 

 powder j but if they lie a while 

 (and the longer they lie the better, 

 provided they be cover'd clofe with 

 Blankets to fecure them from the 

 Air) they may be bagged with 

 more Satety, as not being liable to 

 be broken to Powder in treading, 

 and this will make them bear tread- 

 ing the better, and the harder they 

 are trodden, the better they will 

 keep. 



The common Method of Bag- 

 ging is as follows: They have an 

 Hole made in an upper Floor, ei- 

 ther round or Iquare, large enough 

 to receive a Hop-bag (which con- 

 fifts of four Ells and an half of 

 Ell- wide Cloth, and alfo contains 

 ordinarily two hundred and an 

 half of Hops i j they tie a Handful 

 of Hop in each lower Corner of 

 the Bag, to ferve as Handles to it ; 

 and they faften the Mouth of the 

 Hole, lo plac'd, that the Hoop 

 may reft upon the Edges of the 

 Hole. 



Then he that is to tread the 

 Hop down into the Bag, treads 

 the Hops on every Side, another 

 Perfon continually putting of them 

 in as he treads them, till the Bag 

 is tullj which being well fill'd and 

 trodden, they unrip the Faftening 

 of the Bag to the Hoops and let it 

 down, and clofe up the Mouth of 

 the Bag, tying up a Handful of 

 Hops in each Corner of the Mouth, 

 as was done in the lower Part. 



Hops being thus pack'd, if they 

 have been well dry'd, and laid up 

 in a dry Place, they will keep 



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good feveral Years j but Care muft 

 be taken that they be neither de- 

 ftroy'd nor fpoil'd by the Mice 

 making their Nefts in them. 



The Crop of Hop being thus 

 beftow'd, you are to provide for 

 another J firft by taking Care of 

 the Poles againft another Year, 

 which are beft to be laid up in a 

 Shed, having tirft ftripped off the 

 Haulm from them : But if you 

 have not that Conveniency, fet up 

 three Poles in the Form of a Tri- 

 angle, or fix Poles (as you pleafe^ 

 wide at Bottom ; and having fet them 

 into the Ground, with an Iron Pit- 

 cher, and bound them together at 

 Top, fet the reft of your Poles a- 

 bout them : And being thus di£^ 

 pos'd, none but thofe on the Out- 

 lide will be fubject to the Injuries 

 of the Weather, for all the inner 

 Poles will be kept dry, unlefs at 

 the Top, whereas if they were on 

 the Ground, they would receive 

 more Damage in a Fortnight, than 

 by their ftanding all the reft of 

 the Year. 



In the Winter-time, provide your 

 Soil and Manure for the Hop-gronnd 

 againft the following Spring. 



If the Dung be rotten, mix it 

 with two or three Parts of com- 

 mon Earth, and let it incorporate 

 together till you have occafion to^t 

 make ufe of it in making yoixtf 

 Hop-hills; but if it be new Dun^, 

 then let it be mix'd as before, till 

 the Spring come twelve Months, 

 for new Dung is very injurious to 

 Hops. 



Dung of all Sorts was formerly 

 more commonly made ufe of than 

 now it is, efpecially when rotted 

 and turn'd to Mould ,* and they 

 who have no other Manure muft 

 ufe it: Which if they do, Cows 

 or Hogs Dung, or human Ordure 

 mix'd with Mud may be a proper 

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