SECT. 4. Weeding. 



POTATOES are carefully weeded, whether in the drill 

 or lazy-bed method, by the hand ; the beft time feems 

 to be when the tops are beginning to (hew fymptoms 

 of bloflbming j very often a fecond weeding is required 

 and given, which the crop gratefully repays. Flax is 

 alfo carefully weeded, as mentioned under that article, 

 and large weeds are generally pulled from all crops of 

 grain ; but fcarcely any perfon thinks of weeding pa 

 ture, although keeping it clean is the bed preventative 

 for weeds in the fucceediog crops of grain. It is 

 lhameful to fee the quantity of large root weeds, that 

 over-run the fields of clover, in grazing in Lecale and 

 other parts of the county where it is applied in that 

 way ; it gives a flovenly appearance to well cultivated 

 farms. 



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 SECT. 5. Irrigation. Watering. 



ALTHOUGH the art of watering meadows is flill in 

 its infancy in the county of Down, yet the advantages 

 of it are known, and in feveral parts of it it is prac- 

 tifed, but on a fmall fcale. The benefit of water to 



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