The English improver improved; or the survey of husbandry surveyed ... / [Walter Blith].

  • Walter Blith
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[1652]
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Credit: The English improver improved; or the survey of husbandry surveyed ... / [Walter Blith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The manner of watering of ir. Se ae oa oe 42. 4.. Piece. Englands improvement : or Chap..44: fhould come a very wet feafon,you muft take care of is A of it alfo,and in the ripening of it, you mutt be careful that it grow not til it be over-ripe, left the ftalk fhould blacken or mildew, yet to his full ripeneffe you muft let it grow, the which you may perceive both by theharle, and bythe feed, fome will ripen earlier,and fome later, as you fow it earlier or later, but againft it be ripe, be fure to have your pluckers co fallin hand wich plucking of it, and then tie up every handfull,and then fet chem up upright,one againft another, like a Tene, till they be perfectly drie, and then get ic all inco the barne, or where you pleafeto preferve it for.ufe, it is indifferent whether you ripple it, or take off the boles of it, as. foone as you bring ic home, or when you intend to ufeit. As for your watering of it, whether in the water or up- on the Land, that I fhall not determine peremptorily, but thus.much I fay, that both may doe well, and he that gets ftore, will find ufe ofboth: becaufe ofthe one, you make ufeas foone as your flax is pulled, and then you need not ftand fo curioufly upon the drying of it, but after you have got your feed, you may water it, and the watering of it, opens, and breakes the harlethe beft; but then you muft be carefull of laying up your feed, that it heate not, nor mould, and that which you water thea, may be a winters worke.for your people until] the Spring come On, and then get it forth upon your grafle Land, and {pread it thin, and turne icto preferve it from mildewing, and keep it fo untill you finde the harle bee teady and willing to part from the core, and then drye it up andgetit in for ufe, As forthe drying ofic, akilne made on purpofe is beft, fo that you be carefull of {corching of it, this will make great riddance of the fame, and to them that have great ftore, funne-drying will never doe the feate, though it may doe well fora {mall quantity, or the flax ofa private Family. As to the working of it, you muft provide your Brakes and Tewtawes both, the one, and that is the A | brake
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