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lost to the farm, though the particular field was 

 deprived of it. No saving in ex pence was here 

 made, but an extraordinary one incurred ; but it 

 secured a crop where otherwise there would have 

 been none. 



WHEAT AFTER TARES. 



A good crop of winter tares leaves the ground 

 in such loose, putrid, friable order, that it is much 

 better husbandry to sow turnips or plant cabbages 

 on it, than leave it to receive tillage for wheat. 

 However, if this management should take place, 

 the land should not be ploughed at all, but left to 

 consolidate at bottom, to become firm for the roots 

 of the wheat to fix in, and the surface worked 

 with the scarifiers or scuiflers, according to its 

 temper, just sufficient to keep it clear of all weeds, 

 and in that state, drill the wheat without any 

 ploughing. Ttiis I have practised with good suc- 

 cess. 



WATER-FURROWING. 



A circumstance of much importance in the cul- 

 ture of wheat, but oftentimes strangely neglecled, is 

 water-furrowing : this work should be well and ef- 

 fectually performed on all lands, except those that are 

 perfectly dry all winter through. The water-furrows 

 should be ploughed as soon as the field is finished 

 sowing, ploughing, &c. and then a spit should be 

 dug out from the bottom of them, and laid on one 

 side opposite the rise of the land, and the loose 

 moulds shovelled out : the openings of all the fur- 

 rows should likewise be cleansed, so that the water 



may 



