OCT.] LAY UP THE FALLOWS. 



bushels, formed of posts from fir plantations, witli 

 wattled :hen a layer of straw, and against that 



earth, six feet thick at bottom and eiu 

 top ; the roof flat, and a stack of b^ans built upon it. 

 This I have found frost-tight. The beans keep out 

 the weather, and yet admit any steam which 

 from the roots, which, if it did not escape, would 

 rot them. 



LAY UP THE FALLOWS. 



This month must conclude the autumnal tillage on 

 all stiff or moist lands; for in the following, they may 

 probably be too wet : but on very light sandy soils, 

 ploughing goes on all winter. Lay it down as an 

 invariable rule, never to have a piece of stubble un- 

 ploughed the end of November. It is of importance 

 to leave the land for winter in such a manner, that 

 the frosts may get into it. 



But here our young farmer's attention must be par- 

 ticularly turned to the greatest of all modern improve- 

 ments on strong land ; that of discarding as much as 

 possible all spring tillage ; the summer fallows in- 

 tended for barlev and oats ; the bean, pea, and tare 

 stubbles designed for the same crops ; and the white 

 corn stubbles intended for any spring crop, must now 

 be ploughed very carefully, being the future seed* 

 earth ; no more ploughings being allowable on any 

 account whatever. In the Calendars for February 

 and March I have entered into some explanations of 

 this system, which is of such importance, that too 

 firm a resolution cannot be taken to carry it into 

 execution. By means of it the crops are much 

 greater, and the expences considerably reduced. The 



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