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the rake, ftand on the alley on the oppofite fide 

 of the bed ; put in the teeth of the rake imme- 

 diately beyond the cuffing or ridge of earth prefs- 

 ed off, and, by a fudden pull, draw it on the bed 

 fo as to cover its own half equally : And having 

 fmimed this half, turn round, and rinifh the other 

 in the fame manner ; and the operation is com- 

 pleted. If the work is performed in a proper 

 manner, nothing more is required. Indeed, the 

 teeth of the rake ought never to be ufed upon 

 the furface of the bed after fowing by cuffing : 

 There mud have been fome imperfedion in the 

 work wherever it is required ; fave, perhaps, after 

 fowing Birch or Alder ; and, even there, it were 

 better fpared. 



Suppofing that circumftances forbid cuffing, as 

 above advifed, or that it is required to fow the 

 Haws in the form of drills, the following plan is 

 to be followed. Having the land under the fame 

 circumftances, in refped to richnefs and quality, 

 as previoufly directed, let it be well dug and 

 raked, i. e. as much of it as is judged fufficient 

 for immediate fowing. Stretch the line immedi- 

 ately beyond the place where it is wifhed the firft 

 drill mould ftand ; take the fpade, and, (looping 

 down, lift -the earth up along the fide of the line 

 next to you to an inch deep, and quite flat, and 

 the breadth of the fpade. Having by thefe means 

 the drill or bed for the feed, take the 

 O bafket 



