l8o4* Oh ihe Agricidture of th Ndheriandf,' ' fi*f 



Auguft, the fifth and laft in September. Four raziers, weighing 

 loolib. each, are ufually fown on a bunder, which j^ivrs in its 

 turn fifty raziers, when the crop is p^ood. When Hme is ufed for 

 manure, f:;ur wappon loads nre ufually l.ild on a bunder. 



Rye.—'V\\\s is fown on land that has been dungtrd and fown 

 with wheat the foregoing year. Two plouehiiigs iuffice. Ihe 

 fowing is begun about the ^oth of Septcniber, if the weather 

 permits : and in the fpring, clover is fov»ii on it. The crop is 

 ufually ripe in July. 



7l/^rf/7.~ Wheat and rye fown togfth<^r are called Mtteil. 

 This mixture is fown, like rye, on a ground that has borne 

 wheat the preceding year, and which has been ploughed in the 

 fame manner. The fowing and reaping time of meteil arc » 

 little later tlian thofe of the rve. 



Oats. — They are f wn preferably on land which has borne 

 clover ; and in this cafe one ploui^hing fuffices. 



Clover. — Clover is fown along w ith wheat and rye ; 20 lib. of 

 feed are ufed for a bunder. An artihcial meadow of clover, re- 

 mains good for two years •, but in the fpring of the fecond year, 

 forty tubs (cuvelles) of aflies, each weighing about 60 liH. are 

 fprcad on a bunder : but this quantity varies according to the 

 feafon and the nature of the ground. 



Potatoes and Carrots — Are great articles of cultivation in thefe 

 parts, and ufed for both men and cattle; but the method:: have 

 nothing peculiar. 



Turfiips — Are fown on a well dunged groUr:d, about the mid- 

 dle of July; and before the end of September, if the feafon be 

 favourable, they are fit lO be given to the cattle, who feed partly" 

 on them as long as they remain good. 



Horje-beansy Peas^ Vetches, — All thefe are cultivated in thefe 

 parts of the Low Countries, without any material difference in 

 the manner from what is pratTiifcd eifewhere. 



Cclzat or CoUfeed. — It is fo«.vn about the middle of July, arid' 

 the young plants are tranfplanted about the end of September, 

 This is done with a narrow fpade, funk into the ground, and 

 moved with the hand forwards and backward -, which llmple 

 motion makes a fufHcient opening to receive the plant : a boy or 

 girl folbws ihe labourer with plants, and, pcrnng one of them 

 into each hole, treads againft it to clofe it up. ff the plantation 

 is done with the plough, the plants are placed at regular diftances 

 in the furrow, and are covered with the earth turned up bv the 

 fuccecding furrow. Seme time afier the colefeed is plaiued, 

 the foot of the llalks are covered by means of a common fpade, 

 or hoe, with the earth near it, whic. fjivniihes nourilhmeni for 

 T=h.q plants during winter, by the crumbling of thefe little clods 



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