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the very last days of May ; and the whole of it is 

 ripe and hard. 



50. But, though this late planting may take 

 place, it is desirable to plant at the time I have 

 pointed out. Nevertheless, I do not wish to 

 make a great point of this ; for, there are nu- 

 merous cases in which it might be desirable for 

 the farmer, and very advantageous to him, to 

 plant his corn in the middle, or, even at the end 

 of J\Iay ; we all know how, in certain cases, the 

 turnips, or other feed in a field, might be advan- 

 tageously reserved to be consumed on the land, 

 until the latter end of May. We all know, how 

 turnips, by being pullejd up and laid upon the 

 ground, might be continued in use till June, if 

 it were not absolutely necessary to get the sheep 

 off the land, in order to make way for the barley. 

 You cannot sow barley, with a fair prospect, much 

 later than the 1st of May. I remember a field 

 of barley which was sowed on the 20th of May, 

 and I remember my father saying ; " if there be 

 " a crop there, laziness will be in fashion all over 

 " the country.'' If I remember correctly, there 

 followed a dry summer, and a produce not worthy 

 of being called a crop. 



51. Now, this is not the case with Indian 

 Corn, which I should have no hesitation, if cir- 

 cumstances demanded it, to plant until the latter 



