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be put in caiabaflies, than by any other 

 ■means. Some people fcrape the outfide of 

 the calabafhes before they are opened, dry 

 ithem afterwards and then clean them with- 

 in ; this makes them as hard as bones 4 

 they are fometimes wafhed, fo that they al- 

 ways keep their white colour. 



Most of the farmers in this country, 

 fow Buck-wheaty in the middle of July^ 

 it muft not be fown later, for in that cafe 

 ■the froft rains it, but if it be fown before 

 July, it flowers all the fummer long, but 

 the flowers drop, and no feed lis generated. 

 'Some peopl-e, plough the ground twice 

 where they intend to fow buck*- wheat'; 

 ^others plough it only once, about two 

 weeks before they fow it. As foon as it 

 is fown the field is harrowed. It has been 

 found by experience, that in a wet year 

 buck- wheat is moft likdy to fucceed : it 

 ftands on the fields till the frofl: comes on. 

 When the crop is fdvourable, they get 

 twenty, thirty and even forty bu£hels from 

 one. The SwediJ}:)<:h\xvch'W2ird^n Ragnil^ 

 fin, in whofehoofe we were at this ^tim^, 

 had -got fuch a crop : they make bu<:k»- 

 -wheat cak^ and pudding. The cakes are 

 xomiBonly made in the morning, and are 

 »baked in a frying pan, or on a Sone:: ai3e 

 battered 'and ithmi eaten (with tea :x3r colF«e» 



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