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The clofer they are prefTed into the bag, 

 the better ; becaufc they preferve their 

 colour, fmell, and tafte, the more. A 

 few hops are tied apart, in the four 

 corners of the bag, for the convenience 

 of removing them, as it ^ were, with 

 handles. 



There are fome neceffary rules, to be 

 obferved in refpedl to the duty ; but as 

 every cultivator of hops ought to be par- 

 ticularly inftruded upon this head, it 

 will be advifable for him, to have a real 

 copy of the excife-law for his guidance. 



Soon after the hops are picked, the 

 poles fhould be cleared of the binds, and 

 fet up in fquare flacks, or piles. About 

 thirty or forty poles fhould be fet to each 

 corner, and each corner props its oppo- 

 fite. The four corners fhould fland 

 twelve feet apart, every way, at the bot- 

 tom; and the tops of the piles fhould 

 L 4 unite. 



