152 SCARIFY WHEAT. [MARCH. 



WOAD. 



According to Mr. Cartwright, the middle 

 this month is the proper time to begin to sow t 

 plant. I no more than name it, as all that a you 

 farmer can, with any propriety, have to do with it, 

 is to let some very rich grass-land to the travelling 

 woad-men, who will give 4l. 5l. and even 61. per 

 acre, per annum, for liberty to cultivate it for two 

 or three years. If he has such land, he will hear 

 of them. In Somersetshire, they sow it in June. 

 CHAMOMILE. 



This is an article of culture in Derbyshire : they 

 chuse a good loamy soil, well prepared, and plant 

 the roots from an old crop. It remains three 

 years on the ground. It is a troublesome culture, 

 and by no means tempting in profit. To name it 

 once is sufficient. 



SCARIFY WHEAT. 



This operation, which should not be delayed 

 longer than March, is so material a part of the 

 drill-husbandry, that much attention should be paid 

 to executing it at the right moment, and also to 

 doing it in the best manner. 



Opinions arc various, and many farmers do not 

 approve of horse-hoeing at all, probably from hav- 

 ing done it too late, or too severely. Mr. C<n>k ha> 

 invented two implements applicable to this work, 

 his fixt harrow and a scarifier. The former works 

 merely by plain harrow-teeth : it has three rows, 

 and, by varying the position diagonally, one, two, 



