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** with a large Rammer, (like that of our Pa- 
<£ viours they ufe for ramming Stones) and then 
“ place a flat Stone in the Middle of it, fpread 
<£ the Trees Roots horizontally, and plant 
<£ them almofl on the Surface; then throw 
<£ fome Mould between the Roots, and finifh 
cc with making up a fmall Bank around the Bot- 
£C tom; and thus the Tree will flourifh, and 
£C bear fooner than ordinary. After the firft 
£C Year they take oft the Bank, and leave it level. 
<c He alfo fays, that feveral thereabouts have 
£C taken up fine Meadow or Pafture Land to 
cC make Hop- Grounds, which has been one 
<£ Reafon that Butter and Cheefe have been fo 
££ dear laft Year; but it did not anfwer laft 
££ Year, Hops being fo plenty and cheap, that 
££ he was four Pounds out of Pocket by them, 
££ though he has but one Acre and a half, 
<£ which produced him five hundred Weight of 
* £ Hops that he had fold for two and twenty 
“ Shillings per Hundred. Here, he fays, they 
<£ reckon five Sdillings for pulling, and five 
<£ more for drying one hundred Weight, which, 
££ with the Charge of manuring, &c. and pay- 
<£ ing the Duty, which is eight Shillings and 
tc four Pence for everv Hundred, caufed his 
<£ Lofs ; and efpecially, as he had drefied his 
<£ Ground with Dung and Lime, and it pro- 
“ ving a dry Summer after, made them run 
“ fmall. And adds, that when the other three 
“ Counties mifs, then their Hops fetch a good 
* £ Price.” 
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