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On the bene SEED. 



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duces amazingly. If it is put to the trial, care fliould be 

 taken to have the prefs well cleaned, fo as leave no tinaurc 

 from what may have been already prefled; in my opinion, 

 this is an article of confequencc, and I believe it will grow 

 in Philadelphia. The way to fow it is in holes about three 

 feet afunder, dropping in each hole about ten grains; when 

 it comes up, thin it to three or four of the moft promifinq-, 

 the feeds will appear in pods about September, and ftiould, 

 when full grown, and before dry, be p-ailiered in. The 



method is as follows : As foou as yon perceive about three 



fourths or four-fifths of ihc pods rife on 



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the lower pods heghi to lofe their feeds, it is then time td 



take it in; for after thatj as much as ripens one day a too, 

 fo much fills out of the pod at bottom, you take a ihani 

 hatchet bill or f)me fuch weapon, and with it cut off the 

 ftock twelve to eighteen inches below any of the feed, 



holding the ftock with the left handj and when cut, a fc 

 cond perfou receives it, keeping it upright, till he has his 

 load, for if you turn it downwards the ripe feed will fall 

 out of the pods, you may immediately carry it into a barn, 

 and fet it upright on a clofe floor till you perceive all the 

 pods fully dry and open. (You may, if you chufe, leave 

 it in the field, which muft be the cafe if a large quantity 

 is planted,) then thrcili it, and run it through a proper 

 fievc, and it is fit for nfe, 



I am quite unacquainted with the method of expreffing 

 the oil, but I believe if it is defigned for table ufe, nothing 

 fiiould be done to the feed, as it might give it an ill tafte. 

 The lighter and dryer the foil is in which it is planted, 



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the better. 



I am, 



Dear S i R 



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Your moft humble Servant, 



JOHN MOREL. 



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