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fluents may not be common ; and there are others, 

 more enlightened, who wish in every month to be 

 reminded of what are the works going on at 'that 

 time in all other districts, that they may try them 

 or not, at their pleasure. The preceding articles, 

 under the head of pease, are for the former de- 

 scription ; but the latter were probably at work for 

 this crop in February, for by means of that new and 

 great improvement of autumnal ploughing, for so 

 many crops to be put into the ground in the spring, 

 without any fresh ploughing, the land may have been 

 laid in stitches, exactly suitable to the drill machine, 

 and to the scarifier, scuffler, and harrow, so that 

 the surface may now be worked to the necessary 

 degree, without a horse ever setting his foot any 

 where but in a furrow, and consequently not tread- 

 ing the beds or stitches in the smallest degree. 

 With this management all spring works are much 

 accelerated. However, February certainly may, in 

 some seasons, pass without the farmer being able 

 to put in his crop of pease. In that case tbe 

 work must be done in March, by the direc- 

 tions given in February, whether for drilling or 

 dibbling. 



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February is the month in which the farmer 

 should be adtive in putting in this crop. Some 

 delay it for the more tender sorts, but I have re- 

 marked in many trials, that even these have suc- 

 ceeded better when sown in February. Should the 

 'her prevent earlv work, of necessity it must 



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