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for very little purpofe : Mr. Scroope has never 

 watered, not even in 1765, when the plant- 

 ing was performed in a fevere drought. 



The horfe and hand-hoeing are always 

 to be performed in dry weather. The firft 

 horfe-hoeing Ihould be given as foon as any 

 weeds rile; and when that operation is done, 

 the plants fhould diredly be hand-hoed, by 

 drawing away the earth into the furrows, 

 and drawing other earth up to their ftems. 

 The hoes nine inches wide. The fecond 

 horfe-hoeing fhould be given in about three 

 weeks, or a month ; the firft turns a furrow 

 from the plants, and this throws it back 

 again. As foon as it is over, hand-hoe 

 again, as before. With this management, 

 the cabbages will be ready for ufe in Novetn- 

 ber or December^ and laft, without rotting, 

 till the end of April or beginning of May. 

 The beft method of ufmg them, is to cut 

 them regularly as they come, and to carry 

 them to a dry grafs field : In this manner 

 all forts of cattle do exceedingly well upon 

 them. Oxen of an hundred ftone, that 

 have had the fummer's grafs, are finished, 

 and without delay, never going back in flefh 

 (the cafe oftentimes with turnips), and im- 

 proving fafter than on any other food. All 

 kinds of young cattle maintained through 

 winter in full health and growth to great 

 profit. Cows fed with them to more ad- 

 vantage, fix to one, than uppn any other 

 % food ; 



