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of the Burner's Weight ; the Product will mew the 

 Number of Seeds of a Bufhel near enough : Then, 

 by the Rule of Three, apportion them to the Square 

 Feet of an Acre; or elfe it may be done, by divide- 

 ing the Seeds of the Bufhel by the Square Feet of an 

 Acre ; the Quotient will give the Number of Seeds 

 for every Foot : Alfo confider how near you intend 

 to plant the Rows, and whether Single, Double, 

 Treble, or Quadruple ; for the more Rows, the more 

 S&ed will be required (a). 



Examine what is the Produce of one middle-fiz'd 

 Plant of the Annual, but the Produce of the bell 

 and large ft of the perennial Sort ; becaufe that by 

 Hoeing will be brought to its utmoft Perfection : 

 Proportion the Seed of both to the reafonable Pro- 

 duct ; and, when 'tis worth while, adjuft the Plants to 

 their competent Number with the Hand-hoe, after 

 they are up ; and plant Perennials generally in fingle 

 Rows: Laftly, Plant fome Rows of the Annual 

 thicker than others, which will foon give you Expe- 

 rience (better than any other Rule) to know the exact 

 Quantity of Seed to drill. 



III. The Diftances of the Rows are one of the 

 mofb material Points, wherein we mail find many 

 apparent Objections againft the Truth; of which, tho' 

 full Experience be the mo ft infallible Proof, yet the 

 World is by falfe Notions fo prejudiced againft wide 

 Spaces between Rows, that unlefs thefe common (and 

 I wifh I could fay, only vulgar) Objections be fir ft 

 anfwer'd, perhaps no-body wiil venture fo far out of 

 the old Road, as is neceflary to gain the Experience ; 

 without it be fuch as have feen it. 



fa) The narrow Spaces (fuppofe feven Inches) betwixt Double, 

 Treble, or Quadruple Rows, the Double having One, the Treble 

 Two, and tjie Quadruple Three of them, are called. Partitions. 



The wide Space (fuppofe of near five Feet; betwixt any Two 

 of thefe Double, Treble, or Quadruple Rows, is Call'd an 

 Interval. 



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