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rial part. This compofl fliould be car- 

 ried on the ground with fmall carts 

 (thofe of three wheels drawn by one 

 horfe are beft) before the ground be dug 

 in the autumn, and laid in fmall heaps ; 

 and fliould afterwards be incorporated 

 with the mould furrounding each hill, 

 at about the diftance of a foot from It. 



The old ftock ought to be flubbed up, 

 and renewed, every tenth or twelfth 

 year / and it is mofl: prudent, to break 

 up a due proportion of the old, and to 

 plant an equal quantity of new every 

 year, or every other year, to keep up a 

 regular fucceffion -, and to do it by gra- 

 dual expense, and labour. Another ad- 

 vantage arifes from this method, viz. 

 The oldeft of the poles which, by long 

 ufe, are rendered unfit for the old plan- 

 tations, will neverthelefs be exceedingly 



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