32 JANUARY* 



spade, about four inches wide at top, and narrow- 

 ing to two at bottom ; then with a scraper cleans 

 out the moulds, and fills them up. Digging this 

 spit is three halfpence a rod, and filling up a half- 

 penny. The newly-invented mole-plough will be 

 mentioned hereafter. 



BEANS. 



If the autumnal sowing of Mazagan beans has 

 been prevented by the weather being uncommonly 

 wet, it ought to be done this month, for the ear-, 

 lier the beans are planted, the better will be the 

 crop. And as the season must regulate the article 

 of tillage in all cases, the farmer ought to sow his 

 beans the first month his land is dry: some seasons 

 will be dry in January, that were wet in December. 



Beans are a crop that will pay very well for ma- 

 nuring ; and if there are not many turnips, pota- 

 toes, &c. all the dung of the farm should be laid 

 on for them, by way of a preparation for wheat ; 

 in which case the manure may be laid on at 

 any time when it can be done previously to the 

 ploughing. 



CARROTS. 



The best culture of carrots is to let the barley 

 or wheat-stubble lie till you' plough and sow, put- 

 ting them in on one earth. If much previous til- 

 lage be given, the second earth will probably fall in 

 this month. I mention this circumstance, in case 

 the farmer is determined" on much tillage, ' which 



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