v FEBRUARY. 



FARM-YARD. 



Throughout this month, great attention must be 

 paid to the farm -yard, and all the buildings where 

 cattle are, to see that every place be kept con- 

 stantly littered, so that the beasts may be clean ; 

 and, if the stock of litter laid in in autumn will not 

 last, it is time novv to agree with some neighbours, 

 for a weekly supply of refuse straw or stubble. At 

 all events, there ought never to be a want of litter, 

 eitlvr iii th<* stalls or the yard; for the only way of 

 raising large quantities of dung, at a cheap rate, is 

 to make use of plenty of litter. 



PI, A NT WILLOWS. 



I do not, in this Calendar, me:!n to treat of the 

 planting of trees, as that is the business rather of 

 landlords and gentlemen, than of farmers ; but 

 with the quick-growing, aquatics the case is diffe- 

 rent. If any part of the fences of the farm are situ- 

 ated in low, wet, or boggy places, it is a chance if 

 thorns prosper well. The best method of repairing 

 them is to plant tronchions of willow, sallow, 

 alder, &c. for hedge- stakes, and along the bank, 

 for plashing down afterwards, which will ensure 

 the tenant a great plenty of firing ; and in such 

 situations, and in waste spots that cannot easily be 

 better improved, it will answer extremely well to 

 set longer trunchions for pollard trees. They repay 

 the expence with great profit. 



JPtAXT 



