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which will be ample - I reason from nature - The wild grapes
grown upon [our?] mountains & in our [forests?], where no ploughing or
[preparation?] was made - and do well - why should the grape [domesticated]
& improved, acquire so much better attention?

The ground being properly prepared [to?] good hands will open the holes &
[sel?] 500 hills [p?] day & do it [well?] - I had rather more [than?] [] done.
The expense of cultivating, after planting, the [1st?] & [2nd?] year, will be
equal or a little more [than?] the same [quantity?] of land in [coin?]- The use
of the hoe, in keeping the [young?] plants [free?] from [grass?] will be needed.
After the second year, it will be undafe to use a plough, as it will [disturb?] the
young roots - which