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the stony ground become more dry and open, so it is neces- 

 sary that such ground be sown early, that the corn may be 

 nourished by the winter moisture. 



To FREE LANDS FKOM TOO MUCH WATER. 



Chalky ground and sandy ground need not be sown so 

 early, for these are two evils escaped to be overturned in great 

 moisture, but at sowing let the ground be a little sprinkled. 

 And when your lands are sown let the marshy ground and 

 damp ground be well ridged, and the water made to 

 run, so that the ground may be freed from water. Let 

 your land be cleaned and weeded after St. John's Day ; 

 before that is not a good time. If you cut thistles fifteen 

 days or eight before St. John's Day, for each one will come 

 two or three. Let your corn be carefully cut and led into 

 the grange. 



To MAKE THE ISSUE OF THE GRANGE. 



When the stock of the grange is taken, place there a 

 true man in whom you trust, who can direct the provost 

 rightly, for one often sees that the grange-keeper and barn- 

 keeper join together to do mischief. Make your provost 

 and barn-keepers fill the measures, so that for every eight 

 bushels a cantle shall be left for the waste which takes place 

 at the putting in and taking from the barn, for in the 

 comble is fraud. How '? I will tell you. When the provost 

 has rendered account for the return of the grange, then 

 cause the bushel which he filled with to be proved. If 

 the bushel be large then four heaped up will make five, 

 more or less ; if it be smaller five will make six ; if 

 smaller six will make seven ; if still smaller eight will 

 make nine, and so on for each, more or less. Now 

 some of these provosts will only render account for 

 eight in the seam, whether the bushel be large or small, 



