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barley broad-cast or drilled. He should keep in 

 recollection, that if the last earth for the turnips 

 turned down a manuring, it is better situated for 

 safety against sun and wind, than if brought to the 

 surface by a new ploughing; that it lies where the 

 barley-roots will find it ; and that the urine of the 

 sheep sunk in the soil, is less liable to evaporation 

 without than with ploughing. 



BARLEY AFTER FALLOW. 



If the weather, in February, prevented sowing 

 the fallows with this grain, there can be no ques- 

 tion in what manner to execute it now. Here 

 ploughing should certainly be rejected. These 

 fallows have had the frosts of the whole winter, 

 and must necessarily be fit for scarifying or scuf- 

 fling. It is the same with all land ploughed before 

 winter; such as tare, bean, and pea-stubbles; and 

 also with turnip-lands that were cleared and plough- 

 ed early. In all such cases the use of these imple- 

 ments may safely be adopted. 



DRILLING BARLEY. 



Qiiere. Whether the importance of this prac- 

 tice does not increase as the season advances ? 

 Barley put into the ground in February, has the 

 start of many seed-weeds, which might vegetate 

 as quickly as the crop, in the latter part of March, 

 or in April. In the former case, broad -cast crops 

 might be clean in fields, which, if sown in the two 

 latter months, might be much more subject to the 

 depredation of weeds ; if so, the drill will, in this 

 respect, be of great use. It 15 a dreadful spectacle 



which 



