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in fpawniiig beds, provided it be quite dry ; 
othervvife let it lye by for a few weeks, 
fee careful, in colledling the fpawn, to haVc 
the lumps or cakes of fpawny dung taken up 
entire, placing them in a bafket or wheel- 
barrow, in order to be carried into fome dry 
clofe died or room, to be depofited till 
wanted ; noticing whether any of the lumps 
be wet : in that cafe fpread them to dry a 
little ; then let the whole be placed in a dry 
corner, clofely covered with draw or litter 
or garden mats ; or packed up in facks or 
hampers, covered clofe in the fame manner, 
whether for prefent ufe, or for keeping. By 
attending to thefe diredVions its vegetative 
power may be long retained, and the fpawn 
fafely fent to any didant place. 
We dionld be particularly cautious to rc- 
fpurious or falie fpawn j for there is a 
degenerated 
