2 MARCH. 



whole month. In such a case barley cannot be 

 sown ; but still this is not in reference to a particu- 

 lar practice, but to a general maxim in husbandry. 

 Ploughs ought never to work if the land be wet ; 

 Consequently, advice to sow barley in March must 

 always be under the proviso that the land is dry 

 enough for ploughing. 



Summer-land barley, on clay, or other heavy 

 soils, should be sown on one earth, in the first 

 dry ploughing season, whether in February or 

 March. In some clay countries, die farmers have a 

 particular system of barley culture. They summer- 

 fallow their land, and lay it up on three feet ridges, 

 well water-furrowed for the winter. In a hard frost 

 they carry on their dung, and leave it in heaps till 

 sowing time, when they spread before the ploughs. 

 This is good husbandry. It is conducted upon the 

 same principle upon beans, pease, tare, potatoe, or 

 carrot laud : all which crops are taken up in au- 

 tumn, and the land ploughed after them, on to the 

 ridge, and well water- fur rowed, ready for spring- 

 sowing'. The great point is, to have the soil, pre- 

 vious to the crop, in such good order, that no 

 other spring tillage than the seed earth may be 

 necessary. 



The most profitable way of cultivating barley, 

 is to throw it into a regular course, preparatory ta 

 the clover. For instance : 



3. Turnips, 3. Clover, 



2. Barley, 4. Wheat. 



Or, 



