JUNE.] WASH AND SIT! 3G3 



mere presumption to ofier .any thing as certain 

 from it. 



I hope hereafter to be more accurate, as I have 

 six acres which have produced this season 12 wag- 

 gon loads of tares, and are now sown with buck- 

 wheat, to be ploughed in the end of this month 

 (June) as a preparation for wheat. 



The field contained near six acres, including 

 borders, and the produce was 29 combs 2 bushels 

 of clean wheat, so that it may reasonably be set at 

 5 combs per acre, which is a much larger crop than 

 I expected, 



SHEEP. 



In this month, the flocks of stock sheep are 

 regularly managed : they live on the commons and 

 sheep-walks, with little change or trouble. The 

 stock intended for fatting, such, for instance, as 

 wethers bought in April or May, and intended 

 to be sold fat from turnips or cabbages the follow- 

 ing winter, should be well kept. 



WASH AND SHEAR SHEEP. 



The first object in this work is to provide a con- 

 venient place for washing. It is common for men 

 to stand in the water for it, by which they some- 

 times get bad colds and rheumatic complaints, and 

 must besides be well supplied with gin : so disa- 

 greeably situated, they hurry over the work, and 

 the wool suffers ; a stream or a pond offers the 

 requisite opportunity for doing it well, and at the 

 same time comfortably to the men. Rail off a. 

 portion of the water for the sheep to walk into by 



a sloped 



