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ploughing to be given ; and the stitches drilled or 

 dibbled this month, if the weather be favourable ; 

 if not in March. 



BEANS AFTER TURNIPS. 

 From .the wetness of the soil or season, turnip- 

 lard, after ^he^p-feeding, vvill sometimes be found 

 in very bad order for barley. The general prac- 

 tice is, to persist in the intention for barley, and 

 to effect a pnrtial pulverization, by much tillage 

 and much patience : but if land is found in such 

 order, it is much better to give one deep earth, 

 and to dibble in beans. For this grain, it is no 

 objection that the land breaks up a whole and 

 clung furrow, as the farmers term it. The beans 

 succeed well, and the horse and hand hoeings, 

 with the effect of the seasons through summer, 

 bring the land into proper order for scarifying for 

 wheat. I have found this husbandry successful, 

 and every one knows how easily a crop of barley is 

 lost in such a case. 



BARLEY AFTER TURNIPS. 

 Towards the end of this month, part of the tur- 

 nip land will be ready for being tilled for barley; 

 and, as this is the first time of mentioning the 

 sowing of that grain, it vvill be necessary to explain 

 a system that has, for a few years past, and since 

 the former editions of this work were published, 

 been making a greatly rapid progress in Suffolk ; 

 it is that of putting in barley on turnip-lands, by 



means of dulling, without any ploughing. 



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