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good effects of lime are unquestionable, and our 

 farmer may be supposed to have satisfied himself 

 by previous experiments, he will bestow the ex- 

 pence only where he is sure of a re-imbursemen 

 Where fallowing for wheat is the system pursu 

 lime is also spread on these fallows throughout 

 the summer months. A bushel to a rod is a very 

 good dressing : and even half the quantity well 

 applied has a considerable effect. On waste lands, 

 guch as fresh drained bogs and mountainous 

 moors, the greater the quantity, even to 500 or 

 600 bushels per acre, the greater is the effect, an 

 probably the profit also. 



SPRING TARES. 



It is exceedingly good husbandry to sow spring 

 tares in this month, and a quart of cole-seed over 

 the same land in order to have a very wholesome 

 and nourishing food for weaned lambs in autumn. 

 This is a practice on the South Downs in Sussex, 

 from which great benefit is derived. The breadth 

 of land to be thus applied, will depend on the other 

 articles provided for the same application. The 

 land first soiled or fed of winter tares, may be 

 ploughed for this purpose, and thus two beneficial 

 crops gained in one year. 



BEES. 



This is the principal season for swarming ; a care- 

 ful attention should therefore be paid to the hives, 

 that the swarms be not lost. 



HOGS. 



The principal stock of swine may now be feed- 

 ing 



