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inches asunder. If this necessary attention be ne- 

 glected, the plants draw themselves up weak and 

 poor, and will not recover it. Women do this 

 business as well as men. When about six inches 

 high, they should be horse-hoed with a scarifier or 

 scuffler, with the hoe about four inches, or at most 

 five, \vide. 



SPRING TARES. 



If the young farmer depends in any degree upon 

 a succession of tares, he ought to have two sow- 

 ings, one at the beginning and the other towards 

 the end of April. To have these crops to follow 

 one another in consumption, is a very material ob- 

 ject. Two bushels and a half of seed per acre are a 

 proper quantity. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



I cannot in general recommend the culture of 

 this grain, for barley or oats commonly pay better; 

 but as certain circumstances may render it very 

 profitable, it is proper for every farmer to have the 

 object in his mind. Mr. Marshall has a useful mi- 

 nute on it. 



" Spring wheat (triticum &stivum) is here cul- 

 tivated, and with singular success ; owing princi- 

 pally to the time ef sowing : the wane of April ! 

 This praves that it is a species widely distinct in 

 its nature from the winter wheats. In the prac- 

 tice of a superior manager (Mr. Paget, of Ibstock), 

 it was discovered, that by sowing. early, as the be- 

 ginning 



