APRIL.] BUCK-WHl: IQl 



now to sow a field, I need only remark, that they 

 may still be sown, with the expectation of a full 

 crop ; hut it may prove too late to have good tur- 

 nips after them. 



WHITE OATS. 



It is the custom in Hertfordshire to sow barley 

 before white oats. Wherever such maxims pre- 

 vail, this will be the principal month for sowing 

 oats* All the precautions that have been given 

 with respect to barley, are equally applicable to this 

 crop. 



BUCK-WHEAT. 



The lands designed for buck-wheat, in May or 

 in June, should be well tilled this month, ploughed 

 and harrowed well at least once. It is not neces- 

 sary for that grain, but for the grasses which should 

 be sown with it, and for the important object of 

 making all the seed-weeds grow, in order to 

 kill them by the following tillage. This April 

 preparation marks the land for buck-wheat. I 

 shall therefore take this opportunity to advise the 

 farmers in general to try this crop. Nineteen 

 parishes out of twenty, through the kingdom, 

 know it only by name. It has numerous excellen- 

 cies, perhaps as many to good farmers, as any other 

 grain or pulse in use. It is of an enriching nature, 

 having the quality of preparing for wheat, or any- 

 other crop. One bushel sows an acre of land well, 

 which is but a fourth of the expence of seed barley. 

 It should not be sown till the end of May. This 

 is important, for it gives time in the spring to kill 



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