Cuftfcatfon of Arable Land. Bcatis.JppKcathn of. Cleaning Stubble* of. ss 



during the winter feafon ; and that both oxen and horfes, when not wrought, 

 thrive well upon it. And as the reduced parts,, or what is termed the caving- 

 chaff, have been found valuable as a manger food for the labouring teams wherv 

 blended with other fubftances, it is probable that in particular cafes the ftems 

 might be cut into chaff with advantage. But when made ufe of in thefe me 

 thods, it mould be taken as frefli as pofilble from the flail. 



The fmaller kinds of beans are principally employed in the feeding of horfes, 

 hogs, and other animals; and as they contain a third more meal in a given por 

 tion than oats, and at the fame time probably afford a more durable nourifh- 

 ment, it mud be economical to make ufc of them in the feeding of labouring, 

 horfes. And on the fame principles they mud be advantageous when ufed in, 

 the fattening of tattle, &c. But when hogs are fed with this fort of food, it is 

 aflerted that the pork is indifferent from the meat becoming hard; though for 

 bacon it is extremely good. 



Bean crops have in the trials of fome ingenious cultivators been found ufeful 

 \vhen grown, for the purpofe of being confumed when podded, but while in their 

 green ftate, by different forts of animal s, a practice which will be further confider- 

 cd in fpeaking of ftall-feeding. 



Where the beans are to prepare the land for wheat, it is eflentially neceffary 

 that the ftubble, with fuch weeds as may have been left, fhould be removed as 

 cxpcditioufly as poflible after the beans are taken off. This purpofe is well 

 accomplimcd in fome bean- diftricts, and at the fame time a great degree of pul- 

 verifation effected, \sy /puddling the land with a kind of plough, to the mare of 

 which an iron plate is attached crofsways, at the diftance of about four or five 

 inches from the point, the fame axle-tree and wheels being employed as were 

 ufed in ftriking the furrows. By this implement, with two horfes and a man, it 

 is afTerted three acres of land may be finifhed in a day, by fetting the point of 

 the marc in the intervals in fuch a manner as that the plate or fin may extend to 

 a row on each fide. After this operation has been performed, by pafling the 

 harrow and the roller over the land, the whole is cleared with little expence, 

 and left ready for the feed earth.* On the more thin and light kinds of foils, whe 

 ther of the chalky or gravelly fort, fuch a procefs may, however, be improper^ 

 as fuch lands may be rendered too open and porous for wheat crops by it, 



* Synopfis of Husbandry. 

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