JANUARY. 4; 



Hill never lays on more than sixty loads of chalk, 

 an acre : this, he finds, \vll not only make the 

 land work much better with less strength of cattle, 

 but also, with a light coat of dung, or spring dress- 

 ings occasionally laid on to quicken the vegetation, 

 produce abundant crops for ten years ; he then 

 chalks a&rain with equal success." Mr. Walker. 



The firmness of chalk in its bed, renders this 

 mode of excavation sale ; but with marl and clay 

 there would be great danger to the men, if it were 

 attempted without some effective precautions ; and 

 it well deserves attention what these might consist 

 of, as the substitution of this harrowing' system to 

 that of teams, would be highly advantageous on we 

 soils, which are so liable to damage by poaching. 



EXAMINE WATER-FURROWS. 

 At this season, if snow melts, all water-cuts made 

 in autumn for keeping arable fields dry, should be 

 carefully examined, to see that leaves, weeds, frozen 

 snow and ice, do not impede the passage of the 

 xvater, and overflow the stitches. If this be ne- 

 glected, mischief may presently occur ; and nothing 

 demands, in this respect, more attention than young 

 clover and other seech. 



BURN LIME. 



If a farm affords the opportunity of burning 

 lime, and experiments made for the purpose, or 

 common practice, have proved its efficacy, it is a 

 "business which may go on through all the winter. 



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