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dug a spit deep, and the molds thrown carefully 

 out. Many farmers are not attentive enough to 

 this point. They only scour the furrows ; but 

 they should consider how long the grass is on the 

 ground, which may be two or three winters, con- 

 sequently it must be very material to the crop to 

 lie dry all that time, which scouring alone will 

 not effect. 



POULTRY. 



Much attention is necessary to all sorts of poul- 

 try this month ; and as it is the first time of the 

 subject, being mentioned, it will be necessary to 

 offer a few observations on the system which a 

 young farmer may adopt with relation to this arti- 

 cle of live-stock. If, in the common way, he keeps 

 but a few of each sort, that take their chance at 

 the barn-door, for the convenience of eggs, and 

 not to go to market when a fowl is wanted, no par- 

 ticular attention is requisite ; but as, in some situa- 

 tions, they may pay well for more food and closer 

 attention, it will be proper to bring a few circum- 

 stances to recollection. The poultry-house should 

 contain an apartment for the general stock to roost 

 in, another for setting, a third for fattening, and 

 a fourth for food. If the scale is large, there should 

 be a fifth, for plucking and keeping feathers. If 

 a woman is kept purposely to attend them, she 

 should have her cottage contiguous, that the smoke 

 of her chimney may play into the roosting and 

 setting rooms ; poultry never thriving so w ? ell as in 

 warmth and smoke ; an observation as old as Co- 



M lumella, 



