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How to rdlfe a Crab Hedge , fo as to prove a 
good Fence , Fr«/V this Au- 
thor. — This, though a Piece of excellent Hus- 
bandry, is Seldom put in Practice, becauSe 
Whitethorn is generally made uSe of for this 
PurpoSe, notwithftanding the cheap, Sure Way 
that it may be done by, for obtaining the very\. 
beft of Pledges or Fences, by planting Crab 
Sets, or by Sowing Crab Kernels. If by Crab 
Sets, a Hedge may be raiSed Sooner than by 
lowing the Seed ; and indeed I take it to be 
the readied and beft Way where the Sets can 
be conveniently got, and transplanted while they 
are frefh and good. Our Method therefore in 
ffertfordjhire , is to do this when we make a 
new Ditch, by which a Bank is thrown up ; 
firft by the Plow, and next by the Spade, as 
I have given a plain Account of in Some of my 
former Works. Here then a Bank of Virgin 
Mould (which is the very beft of Earth) is 
raiSed next to a Ditch of about eighteen Inches 
deep, and two Foot wide, that gives the Plant- 
er an Opportunity to plant the fame Bank with 
a double Row of Crab Sets, cut to about 
eight or ten Inches in Length, in the Month 
of Odlober . Or he may Sow Crab Kernels en- 
tirely clean, or in their Mure or Pouze, by firft 
making a Drill along the Bank, and Sowing the 
Crab Seed out of a Hand in the fames hut if 
there be Room, as there commonly is, the Sow- 
ing them in two Drills makes Surer Work for 
producing a much thicker and ftronger Fence. 
The 
