122 MARCH. 



rather improve than exhaust land, when put in thus 

 on layers; whereas, two crops of oats will scourge 

 the land too much. 



Let it, however, he well remembered, that these 

 observations are made (so far as they relate to old 

 grass), on the supposition that the farmer will not, 

 or is not allowed, to pare and burn, a method vastly 

 superior, and which ought to be pursued in all cases 

 where it is practicable. 



CLOVER. 



There are several methods of sowing this seed, 

 which is so profitable upon almost every farm, that 

 it must be had if possible. 



1st, In the drill -husbandry, it may be sown 

 broad-cast and harrowed in, at. the time the barley 

 is drilled ; a pair of light harrows at the same 

 time following the drill-machine, to cover the clo- 

 ver-seed. 



2dly, It is sown before the roller, when the bar- 

 ley is four inches high. 



3dly, It is hand or horse -hoed in, when the corn 

 receives either of those operations, if the farmer is 

 in the practice of giving them. 



These are the methods most commonly used. 

 Mr. Ducket drilled the seed in the same drills as 

 the barley, but that way is very uncommon. 



Another way I have known, has been that of 

 scarifying the barley-stubble in harvest on light 

 soils, aivd sowing the seed alone then. 



Of these methods, the first is the surest for a 



crop, 



