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for carrots I do not think advisable.: possibly on 

 very running sand, winter tillage might be bene- 

 ficial. 



POTATOES. 



The above observation is also applicable to this 

 root. There may be cases in which a ploughing in 

 January may be advisable; but in general the land 

 should either lie till the planting, or at least have 

 only autumnal tillage.. In dry soils, upon which 

 weeds have come up since that time, a ploughing 

 now may be right. If the dung designed for the 

 potatoe land is laid in the field ready for it, and the 

 weather happens to be frosty, the first opportunity 

 *may be taken for carting it on, especially if the 

 land is wet enough to make a frost necessary. 



WOOD. 



There are not many districts in which woods 

 are profitable to a fanner to hire ; but when he 

 finds them a part of a farm, it is not always that he 

 can have a choice whether to take or leave them, 

 and must therefore apply himself to convert them 

 to the best profit. This month is generally a busy 

 one in felling : the men who do the work are com- 

 monly paid by measure, or tale. In some coun- 

 tries the falls are only -cut and laid in rows, and 

 sold in that manner by the rood ; in others, the 

 farmer converts the stuff to the proper us?, and 

 sorts it into faggot ; poles, hoop* stuff, or hurdles ; 



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