APRIL. 



some peculiar circumstances, the fanner wishes 

 now to sow a field, I need only remark, that they 

 may still be sown, with the expectation of a fuH 

 crop ; but it may prove too late to have good tur- 

 nips after them. 



WHITE OATS. 



It is the custom in Hertfordshire to sow barley 

 before white oats. Wherever such maxims pre- 

 vail, this will be the principal month for sowing 

 oats. AH the precautions that have been given 

 \vith respect to barley, are equally applicable to this 

 crop. 



BUCK-WHEAT. 



The lands designed for buck-wheat in May or 

 in June, should be well tilled this month, ploughed 

 and harrowed well at least once. It is not neces- 

 sary for that grain, hut for the grasses which should 

 be sown with it, ami for the important object of 

 making all the seed-weeds grow, in order to kill 

 them by the following tillage. This April prepa- 

 ration marks the land for buck-wheat. I shall 

 therefore take this opportunity to advise the far- 

 mers in general to try this crop. Nineteen parishes 

 out of twenty, through the kingdom, know it 

 only by name. It has numerous excellencies, per- 

 haps as many to good farmers, as any other grain 

 or pulse in use. It is of an enriching nature, hav- 

 ing the quality of preparing for wheat, or any other 

 crop. One bushel sows an acre of land well, which 



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