.] KLEY AFTER TURNIPS. 6/ 



h, if the \vcathcr be favourable ; 

 chi 



TER TURNIPS. 



From the of the soil or season, turnip- 



> -feeding, will sometimes be found 



in v I order for barley. The general prac- 



;-, to persist in the intention for barley, and to 



i a partial pulverization, by mueh tillage and 



much patience : but if land is found in such order, 



it is much better to give one deep earth, and to 



dibble in beans. For this grain, it is no objection 



that the land breaks up a whole and clung furrow, 



as [lie farmers term it. The beans succeed well, 



and the horse and hand-hoeings, with the effect of 



the seasons through summer, bring the land into 



proper order for scarifying for wheat. I have found 



husbandry successful, and every one knows 



how easily a crop of barley is lost in such a case. 



BARLEY AFTER TURNIPS. 



Towards the end of this month, part of the tur- 

 nip-land will be ready for being tilled for barley ; 

 and, as this is the iirst time of mentioning the 

 sowing of that grain, it will be necessary to explain 

 a system that has, for a few years past, and since 

 the former editions of this work were published, 

 been making a greatly rapid progress in Suffolk : 

 it is that of putting in barley on turnip-lands, by 

 means of drilling, without any ploughing. 



For this purpsoe, and for many others, the sur- 

 face of the field is thrown on to lands (stitches, as 



F 2 they 



