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thus promiscuously tears away the Root and 
Fibres of the Trees, which may not inaptly 
be compared to mutilating the Mouth of an 
Animal that is put up to fatten,—a pro¬ 
posal to do which, the most ignorant Person 
on Earth would naturally term madness and 
folly. 
Ploughing, and under-cropping Orchards, 
can be considered in no other light than a 
paltry system (arising out of ignorance of 
the mischief effected,) of digging at the 
least Expence, and obtaining a Payment 
for the Labor and Manure from an under- 
Crop, instead of generously awaiting for the 
Trees to make a return for them, and which 
they would do, by amply overloading the 
groaning Vessels with rich, stout, mellow 
Wine, under the following Management 
Let the Orchards be manured every Year, 
directly after the Fruit is got in and the 
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