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 the same manner with the rest, placing them five or six inches distance in the row, and the rows about six or eight inches asunder, a little more or less, proportionably either to the abundance or goodness of the spawn. If your spawn be in plenty it may be planted closer, and let the small crumbs remaining at last be laid evenly along upon the top of the bed, which finishes the article of spawning.

Then smooth the sides of the bed with the back of the spade evenly, for the reception of the casing of earth, which should be an inch or two thick, evenly laid over every part.

Choose for this purpose any good, light, rich kitchen-garden earth. If the bed is made in any of the kitchen-ground quarters, you may use the adjacent earth on each side; or, if there is a shallow trench made, let the