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till next month. One fpecial reafon for deferring 

 the fowing of acorns till April, is, that they may 

 be the more perfectly fecured from the ravages of 

 field-mice. If the lowing of oats and other grains 

 be going on in the adjoining fields, thefe vermin 

 will be drawn that way, and will continue to live 

 upon the grain as long as pofTible ; but, were the 

 acorns firft put into the ground, a vafl quantity 

 of them might be deftroyed. 



Lands which have been prepared by fallow have 

 noc fo much harbourage for thefe vermin. Such, 

 therefore, may be fown at this time. It is gene- 

 rally proper, previous to fowing, to give the land 

 a drefling of fmall dung ; to plough it neatly in > 

 and harrow all flat. 



No feeds which require two years for vegetat- 

 ing, mould be fown in mixed copfes, or, indeed, 

 in any fpecies of plantation. It is much better to 

 fow them from the rot-heap in the nurfery, early 

 in the fpring in which they are to brier ; becaufe 

 they will make far better moots fo treated, than 

 if the feeds were allowed to lye in the ground dor- 

 mant for a feafon. Befides, the care will be di- 

 minimed a whole feafon ; and the future cropping 

 with vegetables may be done with much more 

 eafe. 



The directions which have been given, under 

 the title Nursery, for fowing feeds there, will give 

 3 correct idea, both of the deepnefs and thicknefs 



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