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fow or plant the patches, as their nature requires. 

 Of Chefnuts and Acorns there may be three good 

 feeds in a patch, placed fo as to form an equilateral 

 triangle, whofe fides mall be feven inches in length ; 

 and the fmaller feeds may be fcattered over a fpace 

 of the fame fize. Having fmifhed this line of 

 patches, ftretch the chain over the next two pins, 

 taking care that the exaft half of a divifion be 

 meafured from the foremen tioned line or limb 

 of the angle. Proceed to fow at the marks in 

 this manner ; making the third line like the firfl, 

 the fourth like the fecond, and fo on to the end. 

 And thus, the field will be fown in the beft man- 

 ner poflible ; the plants will each occupy their 

 allotted circle ; and the future operations of 

 ploughing will be performed with, far greater 

 eafe and perfection. 



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 In order that this fubjeft may be the better un- 



derftood, we mall here give a diagram, illuflrative 

 of the mode of fowing Woods and Copfes now re- 

 commended in ground prepared by the plough. 



