MARCH. J SHEEP. 155 



HAND-HOE WHEAT. 



If the fanner does not cluise to practice the pre- 

 ceding operations of horse-hoeing his wheat, he 

 must at all events hand-hoe the drilled intervals ; 

 but the same attention to earliness, is as necessary 

 in this operation as in the former. If he gives the 

 first hoeing early in this month, he may do it a 

 second time the last week, or early in April. 

 HAND-HOE BROAD -CAST WHEAT. 



There are several districls in the kingdom, in 

 which this is generally done by every good farmer, 

 and in some at a considerable expence. Some of 

 the most careful and attentive cultivators, and men 

 of much intelligence and observation, have however 

 assured me, that they found mischief from it, 

 and left it off: and I am much inclined to think, 

 that if any such operation is intended, the wheat 

 should by all means be drilled. 



HAXD-HOE DIBBLED WHEAT. 



Two methods of dibbling will be explained under 

 the proper month. The one is, planting two 

 rows on a flag ; the other one row, in which 

 latter way, there is an ample space for effective 

 hand-hoeing, a method which answers exceedingly 

 well. When wheat is thus put in, the farmer 

 should on no account omit hoeing. 

 SHEEP. 



At this season the stock, whether ewes, lambs, 

 or fatting sheep, must be kept extremely well. If 

 they are pinched now, all the money before ex- 

 pended will be nearly thrown away. Turnips can 



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