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lands in the whole month. In such a case barley 

 cannot be sown ; but still this is not in reference to 

 a particular practice, but to a general maxim in 

 husbandry. Ploughs ought never to work if the, 

 land be wet ; consequently, advice to sow barley in 

 March must always be under the proviso that the 

 land is dry enough for ploughing. 



Summer-land barley, on clay, or other heavy 

 soils, should be sown on one earth, in the first 

 dry ploughing season, whether in February or 

 March. In some clay countries, the farmers have a 

 good system of barley culture. They summer-fal- 

 low their land, and lay it up on three feet ridges, 

 well water-furrowed for the winter. In a hard frost 

 they carry on their dung, and leave it in heaps till 

 sowing time, when they spread before the ploughs. 

 This is good husbandry. It i# conduced upon the 

 same principle, upon beans, pease, tare, potatoe, or 

 carrot land : all which crops are taken up in autumn, 

 and the land ploughed after them, on to the ridge, 

 and well water- furrowed, ready for spring- sow- 

 ing. The great point is, to have the soil, pre- 

 vious to the crop, in such good order, that no 

 other spring tillage than the seed earth may be ne- 

 cessary. 



The most profitable way of cultivating barley, 

 is to throw it into a regular course, preparatory 

 to the clov$r. For instance : 1. Turnips ; 2. Bar- 

 ley ; 3. Clover; 4. Wheat. Or, 1. Cabbages; 

 2. Barley; 3. Clover; 4. Wheat. Another; 1. 

 Fallow; 2. Barley; 3. Clover; 4. Wheat. 



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