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The PraBiee Part IL 



"T^iE Reafon of thefe different Tillings, and the different 

 Times of performing them, is that at the Entrance of Win- 

 ter, the Sap not being rifen, there is no Danger in giving 

 the Trees a good Tillage, that is to fay, in breaking up 

 vthe Ground pretty deep ; for befides that it deftroys the 

 ^MoIc-Tracks and Roots of Weeds, it renders it more eafy 

 for the Rain and Snow to enter, that fall in this Seafon, and 

 ToakirheXjrcmnd very deep: This is the firft Tillage. As to 

 the fecond, which is done in the Beginning of the Spring, 

 as in the Month of March^ you run no Hazard in turning 

 iip the Earth fome Depth at that Time, when it does not 

 exert itfelf fo vigoroully, and is in no Fear of the great 

 Heats as yet. 



The two leffer Tillings, or fecond Turnings up of the 

 / Ground, ftould not befo deep as the others, becaufe thei^ 



are performed while the Sap is up, when there might be 

 J^anger in digging the Eanh too deep, eitherby giving Vent 

 to the.Roots, or by cutting off their Fibers- In thefe Kinds 

 j©f Tillage you need only juft pare and rake the Surface of 

 tlie Ground, left the Heat ftrike to the very Roots, and no 

 deeper than to kill the Weeds, which in this Seafon flioot 

 up in abundance, as alfo to make it penetrable to the Morn- 

 ing Dews and Rains, which very much facilitate the Rife of 

 the Sap. 



'T I s a ufual Saying, that a Wood to be looked after well 

 ITiould be kept like a Vineyard, where no Weeds are ever 

 fuffered. 



Trees that are infulate or detached, that is to fay, that 

 are not fet in a Palifade, a Wood, or a Border, but fo as you 

 may walk round about them, fliould be dug four Foot 

 Iquare, and Palifades two Foot wide on the Back-Part. 



In the greater Tillings, Houghs and Spades are made 

 life of; and in the leffer, Paddle-Staffs, Edging-Irons, and 

 Weeding-Hooks : When the Weeds are too big, you pluck 

 them , up by the Roots with your Hands, before you turn 

 up the Ground, which is called Weeding. 



T o perform this Culture ufefuUy, and to the Purpofe, 

 tlie natural Quality of the Ground fliould be confulted^ for 

 that which would be a very proper Time to till light and 



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