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MARCH, 



DRILLING BARLEY. 



Quere. Whether the importance of this prac- 

 tice does not increase as the season advances ? 

 Barley put into the ground in February, has the 

 start of many seed- weeds, which might vegetate 

 as quickly as the crop, in the latter part of March, 

 or in April. In the former case, broad-cast crops 

 might be clean in fields, which, if sown in the two 

 latter months, might be much more subject to the 

 depredation of weeds ; if so, the drill will, in this 

 respect, be of great use. It is a dreadful spectacle 

 which some districts exhibit, of crops, yellow 

 from the quantity of charlock. To free drilled 

 corn from such enemies, is much easier than to 

 weed broad-cast crops. 



SEED BARLEY. 



Increase the quantity of seed-barley as the season 

 advances. Early-sown crops have more time to 

 tiller than late-sown ones. If three bushels be the 

 quantity in February, three and a half should be 

 sown the end of March. 



" The season of sowing has been recommended 

 by the Northern Botanic School, to be drawn from 

 the foliation of vegetables ; for which idea, the 

 following table will be of use. 



" As I do not know that any thing of this kind 

 has ever been published in England, I will subjoin 

 the order of the leafing of some trees and shrubs, 

 as observed by me (Mr. Stillingfleet) in Norfolk, 



sumo 1755. ' 



1. Honey. 



