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over your grafts and take off those clays which 

 have grown out that length, as they will then 

 come off easy, and leave those which have not 

 grown out sufficient till another time, for if you 

 take them off too soon, and hot dry weather 

 should ensue, they are very apt to wither up ; 

 if the weather should continue dry, and your 

 grafts grow too long, you must then get the 

 clays off by knocking them with the handle of 

 your knife, or any thing that will answer the 

 purpose, but be sure to hold the graft as steady 

 as you can with one hand to keep it from being 

 removed out of its place, for that would be sure 

 death to the graft, therefore as this is so much 

 more trouble it is necessary to take every op- 

 portunity after rain. 



The day after the clays are removed you 

 may untie the bass, observing that you cut 

 your bass at the back of the stock, and by fol- 

 lowing the above practice they will require 

 no more tying, nor any further attention through 

 the summer, than keeping them free from 

 suckers, and cutting off the small piece of 

 wood at the top of the stock, commonly called 

 snagging, but this must be carefully done. 



SNAGGING OF GRAFTS. 



Par. 6. When you commence this work, 



