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Th& Seeds thus being fown, and the Drills co- 
vered with Mould, fo that the Field Fowls 
cannot get at them, they are to be inclofed on 
the Outiide of the Bank, or Ditch, by a itrong 
dead Fledge, or by a Row of Hurdles ; and, if 
Cattle cannot be kept out of the Field or Orch- 
ard, there mufi be the like Defence within- 
lide, fo that this new Plantation mult be entire- 
ly every Way fecured from all Damage: And 
thus a Crab Hedge may be raifed in a very few 
Years, if it is duly kept weeded for the firft 
three Years. But if Weeds are fuffered to grow 
at full Liberty, they will cripple and much im- 
pede the Growth of this Hedge, that otherwife 
will grow to a great Height in a little Time, be- 
caufe they are of the Tree Kind, and will be- 
come a mo ft profitable Shelter to a Corn-field, 
or to an Orchard it inclofes ; and, if the Owner 
thinks fit, he may, at every twenty or thirty 
Foot Distance, have a Mailer Plant left to 
grow into a flandard Crab-Tree, or fuch a Crab- 
Tree may be improved by grafting. But 
fuch a Hedge would be much forwarded in its 
Growth, if a proper Manure was to be fown 
over the Sets or Kernels as foon as they are 
planted or fown ; befides which, there fhould be 
a Coat, thinly laid on the fame, of Horfe- Litter, 
for the better fecuring them againfl the Power of 
Frofts, and from the Damage of Vermin.— Thus 
a fine, profitable, fruitful, ftrong Hedge may be 
raifed in a very few Years, if the young Shoots, 
as I faid, are duly kept weeded for the firfl 
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