AUG.] HOGS. 



take care to keep it in loose, well- pulverized order, 

 and perfectly clean from weeds. I3ut with crops 

 put in as they ought to be, that is, broad-cast, or 

 the rows at nine inches, nothing will be wanted of 

 this sort. 



SAINFOIN". 



It will be now time to turn into the sainfoin 1"! 

 that were mown in June; but you should be cau- 

 tious of feeding it with all sorts of cattle indiscri- 

 minately. Sheep, if kept too long on it, bite out 

 the heart by eating into the bulb. 

 DIG MANURES. 



This is a work which should never stop for hay, 

 harvest, or any thing else, if the fanner has money 

 in his pocket, and his plan is thus to improve his 

 farm : the sooner the work is done, the longer he 

 has the benefit. 



FOLDING. 



If this practice is pursued the fold should never 

 stop in this month : the flock will bear it. Re- 

 inember the general rule of folding the land that 

 will be first sown. 



HOGS. 



This is a common month for the sows to bring 

 their second litter of pigs ; and, if the farmer has 

 not had the forecast to provide plenty of wash in 

 his hog cisterns, he will find the disadvantage. 

 Clover will not do for sows and pigs ; they must be 

 fed on the skim -milk, bntter-milk, and cheese- 

 whey, that have been collecting together through 

 the preceding months, while the dairy was at its 



pf4 height; 



