388 Cultivation of Arable Land. Tares Seed Time, 8$c. of f owing. 



The tare is a plant which in refpect to foil admits of confiderable latitude, grow 

 ing without difficulty on all the varieties, from the thin gravelly to thofe of the 

 deep and ftifF clayey kinds, but flourifhes in the mod vigorous manner on thofe 

 gravelly loams* that are not too moid. 



In the preparation of the land for this crop lefs care is necefTary than for many 

 other forts of grafs crops, as it will fucceed well where the foil has not been much 

 broken down or reduced into fine mould ; but it always grows in the moft perfect 

 and vigorous manner where a degree of finenefs has been produced in the land. 

 Two ploughings, with occafional harrowings in the intermediate times, may in 

 general be fufficient for the purpofe at whatever feafon the crop is put in. They 

 are fometimes fown on one ploughing, efpecially the winter crops ; but the prac 

 tice is not to be recommended, efpecially on the ftronger forts of foils. In fuch 

 foils as are not rich it is a good practice to manure for this crop.f 



Seed. As the feed of the fpring tare does not fucceed well when fown for the 

 winter crop, nor that of the winter kind when put in for the fummer produce, care 

 fliould be taken to keep the feed of the two forts as perfectly diftinct as poflible. 

 And as they are, from their being both of nearly the fame colour and fize as well as 

 their agreeing in other particulars, liable to be mixed in the feed-mops, it may be the 

 beft practice for the cultivator to preferve his own feed, as by that means he may 

 not only be certain of having the feed good in its quality, but of the right fort, and 

 of courfe may depend more fully on his crops. 



It has been fuggefted that Sleeping the feed in dry feafons may be of utility in 

 promoting the quick vegetation of the crop.J 



The quantity of feed mould vary according to the nature of the foil and the 

 method of fo wing. From two bumels to two and a half are the proportions re 

 commended by fome in the broadcaft method. Others advife three bumels ; but 

 on medium foils in the middle of the feafon the former may be fully fufficient. 

 Where the land is more rich and the feed put in early, lefs may anfwer the pur 

 pofe ; but on poor forts of land, where the feed is fown late and the climate is 

 backward, the latter quantity may not be too much. In the drill mode, at fix 

 inches, two bumels are enough. When the crops are either to be cut for foiling or 

 to be fed down, the proportion of feed mould be increafed, as not only a greater 

 produce is thereby provided, but the growth of the crops rendered more quick. 

 Time and Method of Sowing.-- The periods of fowing tare crops vary with theinten- 



* Modern Agriculture. t Suffolk Report. J Corre&ed Report of Middlesex*: 



