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under cover. Before they are bagged, they should lie in 

 a heap about four days, to sweat and grow tough. The 

 bags are to be of coarse hnen cioth, (the thicker the 

 better,) about eleven feet long, and two and an half 

 yards in circumference ; so as to hold about two hundred 

 and fifty pounds. To bag them, a hole is made through 

 an upper floor, to which the bag is suspended ; the hops 

 thrown in, in small quantities; and trod down as hard as 

 possible. 



The long white hop is most esteemed, as yielding- the 

 greatest quantity and being the most beautiful. Care 

 should be taken to have the hops all of one kind ; for, if 

 there be different sorts, some will probably ripen before 

 ©thers. 



An acre of hops well cultivated, will amount to two 

 or three hundred dollars, and the expense will not be 

 more than one hundred. If not wanted at home, they 

 are a good article for exportation. If well harvested 

 they will keep good a great many years. 



GRASSES. 



The advantages which have been derived from the 

 introduction of cultivated grasses, cannot be too highly 

 appreciated. Amidst the variety of natural produce 

 there must be many plants of an inferior quality, which 

 are rejected by horses, cattle, and sheep. Old turf, on 

 that account, is never eaten so bare, as a field where a 

 few selected plants alone are cultivated, known to be 

 grateful, salubrious, and nourishing to stock. 



The mould of the ground, which is laid down to grass 

 should be made very fine, as the seeds, being very small 

 may otherwise be covered too deep, by fallino- below 

 or be scorched by lying above great clods. Like other 

 seeds they require a due degree of moisture to cause 

 them to vegetate, and therefore should not be left expos- 

 ed to the rays of the sun without being covered ; for un- 

 less rainy weather follows immediately after sowing 

 many of the seeds will not vegetate. Sow them as 

 so«n as possible after the ground is ploughed, while 

 the soil remains moist, and harrow with a light harrow 

 after whioh a gentle rolling would be useful. It is al- 

 ways good economy to lay down rich, and not poor 

 ground to grass. 



