32 22. The first stirring, 



22. ^ The fyrst sturrynge. 



[Foi. i8i.] Also in June is tyme to rygge vppe the falowe, the 



whiche is called the fyrst sturrynge, and to plowe it as 



depe as thou canste, for to tourne the rotes of the wedes 



4 vpwarde, that the sonne and the drye wether maye kyll 



them. And an housbande can not conuenyentelye plowe 



How to his lande, and lode out his dounge bothe vppon a daye, 



plough and t) rr / ' 



load out with one draughte of beastes : but he maye well lode oute 



dung. * ^ 



8 his dounge before none, and lode heye or corne at-after 

 none : or he maye plowe before none, and lode hey or 

 corne at-after none, with the same draughte, and noo 

 hurte to the cattell : bycause in lodynge of hey or corne, 

 12 the cattel is alwaye eatynge or beytynge, and soo they 

 can not doo in lodynge of dounge and plowynge. 



23. ^ To mowe grasse. 



End of June. Also in the later ende of June is tyme to begyn to 



mowe, if thy medowe be well growen : but howe-so-euer 



July. they be growen, in July they muste nedes mowe, for 



4 diuers causes. One is, it is not conueniewt to haue hey 



Mow hay and corne bothe in occupation at one tyme. An other is, 



early. 



the yonger and the grener that the grasse is, the softer 



[Foi. 19.] and the sweter it wyll be, whan it is hey, but it wyll haue 



8 the more wyddrynge ; and the elder the grasse is, the 



harder and dryer it is, and the worse for al maner of 



cattell : for the sedes be fallen, the whiche is in maner 



of prouander, and it is the harder to eate and chowe. 



12 And an other cause is, if drye wether come, it wyll drye 



and burne vpon the grounde, and waste away. Take 



Howtomow hede that thy mower mow clene and holde downe the 



hynder hand of his sith, that he do not endent the grasse, 



16 and to mowe his swathe cleane thorowe to that that 



was laste mowen before, that he leaue not a mane by- 



twene, and specyallye in the common, medowe : for in 



