FEBRUARY. fg 



SORT OF OATS. 



The sorts of oats which chiefly demand attention 

 ere, 



1 Po'-ind. which produce, on dry warm lands, a 

 verv I; rge plump and beautiful grain. 



'2. Essex short smalls. This is remarkably short, 

 and weighs better than most other kinds. It doe* 

 on any I.r d that i? tolerably c!ry. 



3. Blfich. These arc well known ; they bear a 

 wet harvest well, and do on the wettest soils. 



4. Cfiurclis ont. yield well ; are white, and come 

 into ear imire er.r! than any other oat. 



5. Points uftf, lately introduced ; is very heavy, 

 and yieldj largcK . 



PE.. 



This is also the season for sowing the hardy 

 .sorts of pease. The land should have been ploughed 

 in autumn. A farmer, desirous of keeping his 

 land always in good and clean order, should, in the 

 arrangement of" his ciops, tale great care not to 

 be too free with wheat, barlev, and oats, which 

 are all exhausting plants. lie should so \v beans 

 and pease enough, because they are ameliorating 

 ones, and admit hand-hoeing, to kill the weeds. 

 In those fields in which the common husbandmen 

 sow oats or barley after wheat, or after each other, 

 let the good cultivator substitute pea?e or beans, or 

 some other ameliorating crop, which will pay him 

 better than white corn, under such circumstances, 

 and at the same time keep his land clean. Pease 



may 



