MARCH.] COWS, &c. 157 



in Sufiblk. All his ewes and iambs may now be 

 in it. 



SIli-LP IX BU11NET. 



The autumnal growth of burnet may now be fed 

 with sheep, to great advantage, and prove of sin- 

 gular importance. 



SHEEP IN SWEDISH TURNIP. 



This plant should no more be left this month, 

 where it grew, than common turnips, for as the 

 shoots for seed spring, they lay fresh hold of the 

 earth, and exhaust it considerably. Such portion of 

 the crop, therefore, as was not consumed in February, 

 should be so early in March, but when the weather is 

 mild the last week of February, they should then be 

 removed to a grass field, for feeding. If, however, 

 the land where they grew be dry, it is of such ad- 

 vantage to eat them on the spot, that another me- 

 thod may be pursued, which is a very good one, 

 and that is, to draw them with one hand, and by 

 giving them a chop with a knife by the other, to 

 strike off the tap-roots, and drop them on the sur- 

 face of the land. In this way, they will draw the 

 soil infinitely less, than when left undisturbed, and 

 women do the work easily. Thus treated, the 

 young white fibres are broken in drawing, which 

 checks them, and though fresh shoots will push out 

 from the part of the root in contact \vith the earth, 

 still they will take some time, and be weakly. 



COWS, &rc. 



Throughout this month the cows, lean and 

 young cattle, should be kept close -to the farm- 

 yard^ 



