1 FEBRUARY. 



than commonly imagined ; but on light gravels* 

 sands, &c. more profitable crops maybe substituted. 

 Let the farmer remember the general maxim, if he 

 ploughs for beans this month, never to allow his 

 ploughs to stir while the land is ivet : if his horses 

 poach at all, or his ploughs do not go clean through 

 the land, he will lose, or greatly damage his crop. 

 But improvements, and especially those which have 

 taken place' in Middlesex, but most of all in Suf- 

 folk, have opened a new field for this cuhivation, 

 which will be explained in this work. The grand 

 basis of it is, to banish spring plough-ings, by laying 

 the land ready in autumn, for either dibbling or 

 drilling. 



BEANS AFTER BARLEY. 



The barley stubbles intended for beans, or land 

 whereon clover failed, having been ploughed into 

 the proper stitches, and laid dry for winter, are 

 now ready for drilling or dibbling. It will proba- 

 bly be the end of the month before the season is 

 suitable for this work. The sarng attention must 

 be paid to this crop, as to barley, in respect of 

 avoiding spring ploughing*, and also to effect every 

 operation without permitting the horses to set a 

 foot 071 the land. They are ever to move, in spring, 

 only in the furrows. As thh is the first month for 

 putting in beans, it will be proper for the young 

 farmer to consider, whether he shall adopt the sys- 

 tem of drilling or of dibbling, setting, or plant- 



