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In March fplit the ridges, and lay the land as flat 

 as poflible, at the fame time harrowing it fine. 

 But in ftrong wet lands (if you have no other for 

 barley) lay it round, and make deep furrows to 

 receive the water. 



I have often taken the following method with 

 fuccefs: On lands tolerably, manured, I fowed 

 clover with my barley, which I reaped at harveft ; 

 and fed the clover all the following winter, and 

 from fpring to July, when I fallowed it till the 

 following fpring, and then fowed it with barley 

 and clever as before. Repeating this method every 

 year, I had very large crops: but I would not re- 

 commend this practice on poor light land. 



We fow on our lighted lands in April, on our 

 moid lands in May; finding that thofe lands which 

 are the mod fubject to weeds produce the bed 

 crops when fown late. 



The common method is to fow the barley-feed 

 broadcad at two fowings; the fird harrowed in 

 once, the fecond twice; the ufual allowance from 

 three to four bufhels per acre. But if farmers 

 could be prevailed on to alter this practice, they 

 would foon find their account in it. Were only 

 half the quantity fown equally, the produce would 



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