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 plants eafily to be diftinguifhed, they may 

 ftand to hoe them, the handles of their 

 hoes of a due length for that purpofe. The 

 plants mould, at this firft hoeing, be fet at 

 five or fix inches afunder, and if any two 

 plants, or a plant and a weed ftand fo 

 clofe, that the hoe cannot eafily feparate 

 them, the fingers mould be ufed for that 

 purpofe. 



About a fortnight or three weeks after, 

 according to the weather, a dry time mould 

 be taken for harrowing over the whole 

 field; this will not pull up one plant in 

 twenty, but will loofen the moulds, make 

 the carrots thrive, and if any of the weeds 

 are fet again, w 7 ill difplace them. 



As foon as the carrots are fix inches high, 

 the firft opportunity of dry weather mould 

 be taken to give the fecond hoeing ; which 

 mould be performed with nine inch hoes, 

 every other plant fhould now be cut up, 

 and the remainder left at 16 or 18 inches 

 afunder, the latter diftance beft ; every 

 weed cut up, and the whole furface care- 

 fully loofened : If any weeds grow clofe to 

 a plant, the hocr fhould ftoop and pluck 

 them out with his fingers; the laft hoeing 

 (with the fame hoes) fhould be given before 

 the leaves join ; or as foon as the eirect 

 of the fecond is fully feen, that the weeds 

 then left may plainly appear : none mould 



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