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fron is always planted upon fallow Ground, and all 
other Things being alike, they prefer that which has 
born Barley the Year before. 
The Saffron-grounds are feldom above three Acres, 
or lefs than one ? and in chooling them, the principal 
Thing they have Regard to is, that they be well ex- 
pofed, the Soil not poor, nor a very Riff Clay, but a 
temperate dry Mold, fucli as commonly lies upon 
Chalk, and is of a hazel Colour ^ though if every 
Thing elfe anfwers, the Colour of the Mold is pretty 
much negle&ed. 
The Ground being made choice of, about Lady-day, 
or the Beginning of Aprils it muff be carefully plough- 
ed, the Furrows being drawn muchclofer together and 
deeper, if the Soil will allow it, than is done for any 
Kind of Corn, and accordingly the Charge is greater. 
About five Weeks after, or during any Time in the 
Month of May, they lay between twenty and thirty 
Loads of Dung upon each Acre, and having fpread 
it with great Care, they plough it in as before. The 
fhorteft rotten Dung is the beft ; and the Farmers who 
have the Conveniencies of making it, fpare no Pains to 
make it good, being fure of a proportionable Price for 
it. About Midfummer, they plough a third Time, 
and between every (ixteen Foot and an half, or Pole 
in Breadth, they leave a broad Furrow or Trench, 
which ferves both for a Boundary to the feveral Parcels, 
(when there are feveral Proprietors to one Enclofure) 
and to throw the Weeds in at the proper Seafon. 
To this Head likewife belongs the Fencing of the 
Grounds, becaufe mofl commonly, though not always, 
that is done before they plant. The Fences confift of 
what they call dead Hedges, or Hurdles to keep out not 
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