Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	worth_a	year_n	yield_v	101	3	8.0735	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40002	Englands happiness increased, or, A sure and easie remedy against all succeeding dear years by a plantation of the roots called potatoes, whereof (with the addition of wheat flower) excellent, good and wholesome bread may be made every year, eight or nine months together, for half the charge as formerly : also by the planting of these roots ten thousand men in England and Wales, who know not how to live or what to do to get a maintenance for their families, may of one acre of ground make thirty pounds per annum / invented and published for the good of the poorer sort, by John Forster ...	Forster, John.	1664 (1664)	Wing F1601; ESTC R40960	16,456	38

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will_v plant_v the_o berry_n for_o the_o more_o speedy_a increase_n of_o their_o store_n of_o root_n they_o must_v set_v they_o in_o good_a rich_a and_o hollow_a ground_n well_o dig_v and_o rake_v and_o divide_v into_o long_a narrow_a bed_n about_o two_o foot_n wide_a with_o alley_n between_o they_o that_o they_o may_v be_v the_o better_o weed_v for_o the_o berry_n be_v set_v in_o march_n will_v not_o come_v up_o before_o june_n and_o therefore_o the_o ground_n will_v be_v full_a of_o weed_n which_o will_v choke_v the_o young_a potato_n if_o they_o be_v not_o diligent_o weed_v as_o for_o the_o time_n of_o gather_v the_o berry_n it_o must_v be_v about_o october_n when_o they_o be_v turn_v a_o little_a white_a and_o when_o they_o be_v gather_v they_o must_v be_v lay_v thin_a upon_o a_o board_v floor_n till_o march_v and_o then_o set_v into_o the_o ground_n as_o aforesaid_a and_o so_o will_v they_o spring_v up_o in_o june_n &_o that_o year_n yield_v root_n to_o plant_v again_o the_o 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