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or grasses among the corn, these furrows should be 

 dug a spit deep, and the moulds thrown carefully 

 out. Many farmers are not attentive enough to 

 this point. They only scour the furrows ; but 

 they should consider how long the grass is on the 

 ground, which may be two or three winters, con- 

 sequently it must be very material to the crop to 

 lie dry all that time, which scouring alone will not 

 effect. Particular attention should be paid to their 

 spreading the earth they dig out of the furrows ; if 

 they be not cautioned, the men will lay it too thick, 

 and hurt the crop ; the earth should be spread 

 with great care, and cut small, that the seed may 

 rise freely. 



POULTRY. 



Much attention is necessary to all sorts of poultry 

 this month ; and as it is the first time of the sub- 

 ject being mentioned, it will be necessary to offer 

 a few observations on the system which a young 

 farmer may adopt with relation to this article of 

 live stock. If, in the common way, he keeps 

 but a few of each sort, that take their chance at 

 the barn-door, for the convenience of eggs, and 

 not to go to market when a fowl is wanted, no par- 

 ticular attention is requisite ; but as, in some situa- 

 tions, they may pay well for more food and closer 

 attention, it will be proper to bring a few circum- 

 stances to recollection. The poultry-house should 

 contain an apartment for the general stock to roost 

 in, another for setting, a third for fattening, and a 



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