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JUNE. 



tion, not to go on to it in wet weather, and to beat 

 it down as little as may be. 



HEMP. 



Some writers have recommended weeding hemp 

 in June ; but on all soils proper for this plant it is 

 unnecessary, the crop will get the better and destroy 

 all weeds : if these get ahead among it, it is a sure 

 proof that the soil has been improperly chosen. 

 PLANT HOLLY. 



No plant makes so good a hedge as holly ; if pre- 

 served with any attention in its infancy, it will in a 

 few years be impenetrable to man or beast. It 

 often fails from being planted at an improper sea- 

 son ; for there is not the least certainty of any 

 success except by planting about Midsummer. The 

 plants should be from six to nine inches high, and 

 well rooted ; they should not be let into the slop- 

 ing face of a bank, but on a level tablet left for 

 that purpose, and well defended on both sides, to 

 keep both sheep and hogs from it. 

 TRAVELLING. 



If our young farmer has any relation, friend, or 

 confidential bailiff that he can trust his farm to 

 for ten days or a fortnight, let him now take his 

 i summer tour, to view SOHJC farms in well 

 cultivated countries, and t" introduce himself to 

 the conversation of his intelligent brethren, from 

 whom he will be sure to learn something useful. 

 In this month are the sheep sheadings of his Grace 

 the Duke of Bedford and of Mr. Coke ; he cannot 

 do better than be present at one of them, as he 



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