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narrower Diftances, they may be by that means dif- 

 appointed of Succefs : But tho' they mould after- 

 wards find a Way to hoe them at fomewhat nearer 

 Diftances ; yet the Lofs of a few Perches of Ground 

 would not be much; neither can they be wholly loft* 

 fince the Roots of thefe Plants may be prov'd to ex- 

 tend much farther horizontally, than from Row to 

 Row at that Diftance. And the wider the Intervals 

 are, the more Earth will be til I'd in a Perch of Ground; 

 becaufe Six Rows, which will be therein at Thirty- 

 three Inches Diftance, will admit the Hoe-plough to 

 till more Earth, than Nine Rows at Twenty -two 

 Inches Diftance from each other ■ And, befides, 'tis 

 not proper, that every time of hoeing, the Plough 

 mould come very near to the Plants, unlefs when 

 Grafs comes amongft them-, and then they may* in 

 Thirty-three Inch Spaces, be perfectly clcanfed in this 

 manner : viz. Plow a' good Furrow from each Side of 

 every Row ; and then with Harrows, or other Inftru- 

 ments proper for that Purpofe, going crofs them, you 

 will pull out both Earth and Grafs from betwixt the 

 Plants ; then, after a convenient Time, plow thefe 

 Furrows back again to the Rows,; this will in a man-^ 

 ner tranfplant the upper Part of the Roots, and bury 

 the Grafs, tho' it be not dead, by lying open to be 

 dry'd by the Sun : Then harrow the Ground to break 

 it more, and to level it, and go once over it with a 

 very light Roller, to the End that the Hay may be 

 raked up the cleaner. 



I am aware of the common Prejudice, which is, 

 that People, when they have never feen a Plantation 

 of thefe Plants in Perfection, are apt to form to 

 themfdves the Idea of fuch fmall ones as they have 

 been ufedtofee; and thence imagine it impoflible 

 that this f tho' a double) Number mould be fufficient 

 to make a Crop. But they might, with equal Rea- 

 fon, imagine the fame of Apple-rrees at a Year's 

 Growth, which are lefs than thefe at the fame Age; 



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