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alfo leaves the foil rather crufted below a very 

 thin furface. In the operation of hoeing for en- 

 riching the foil among plants, the hoe fhould be 

 put in pretty deep ; for which reafon, the mouth 

 fhould not be too broad. Hoes made in the fhape 

 of thofe which are fent out to the Weft Indies for 

 the fugar plantations are the beft. * Previous, 

 however, to a hoeing of the above kind, the pufh 

 hoe may be ufed for killing the weeds. 



* Represented in Plate III. %. 3. 



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