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great quarters, and not trod into beds, firft withahowe, or 
any other convenient thing, to mark or trace it out into feve- 
ral flips or fpaces, of fuch a bredth as you think fit for your 
flowing, whether brand-cad or otherwifle 3 your traces are a 
rule to you that you may fcw your ground in order and 
mils none, neither few any twice, which is apt to be 
done when one fows by guefs. Sow your feed as equal as you 
can, but be careful you do not few too thick, but yet bet¬ 
ter a little too thick than too thin, for you may help too 
thick when you cannot add where any is wanting: and 
then you are to rake it only fo as to cover your feed, the which 
twice in a place may be flufficient, that is, once from you, and 
lightly back again in the fame place 3 but' if you do bedow 
more raking, you are to do it fo lightly as not to uncover 
your Seed again 3 but if your ground be fendy, or other ve¬ 
ry light ground, it will not be your word: way to tread it all 
over, leaving a very little didance between every footing* 
and by fo doing, you may both cover your feed better, and 
make your work the handfomer3 they that few a great deal 
may in the dead of raking it by hand, harrow in their feed 3 
but if you love to fee your work lie very level and fenooth, 
be careful to level well before you fow, led by endea¬ 
vouring to bring that to pafs afterwards, you rake your feeds 
in heaps. You are in cafe your ground be of aClungyor 
diff nature, to break the clods with more labour and diligence, 
led if it lye over ruff, you bury your feed, or be more troub¬ 
led to rake your ground when it is fown 3 they that have but 
a little to fow, and if it be of fuch a nature as it will not rake, 
they mud cover their Seed by fpitling it in with a fpade 3 it 
is like wife a fore and good way to fpittle in feed where the 
ground is very light and apt to fall fenooth, for by fpitling 
you maybe fore to cover your feed well, and thereby five a 
week or a fortnights growth, in cafe a dry feafon fliould hap¬ 
pen upon the fowing of your feed. You may mix a little 
Lettice-feed with yourParfnip or Carrot-feed 3 take heed you 
do not put in too much led you do fpoil your Roots, for they 
will 
