APRIL. 2O7 



TEASELS, 



Or the Fuller's Thistle. They are sown in April, 

 two pecks an acre. The young farmer, should he 

 wish to make trial of this branch of the art, may 

 consult Mr. Billingsley's account of it in the So- 

 mersetshire Report. 



LUCERN. 



This is the right season for sowing lucern, which 

 must now be considered under the several heads. 

 1. Of the utility of the crop, which should induce 

 a young farmer to enter freely on the culture. 2. 

 The soil to be chosen. 3. The preparation. 4. The 

 mode of sowing. 5. The quantity of seed. 6. With 

 or without corn. 



1. It is an object of such consequence to those 

 who have a proper soil for it, that it does not ad- 

 mit of doubt or question: but, if a beginner in 

 husbandry has apprehensions, let him mount his 

 horse, and travel near the coast of the Thames and 

 *ea, from Dartford to the limits of Hampshire, 

 mid he will hear of lucern all the way, and see 

 much of it. The principal, and probably the best 

 use, to which ,it can be applied, is that of soiling, 

 all the horses on the farm ; next, to soiling cows, 

 young cattle, and fatting beasts, soiling hogs, and, 

 lastly, making hay. These are objects of such con- 

 sequence, -that they ought to be provided for ; the 

 la^t, however, in proportion to the meadow-grounds 

 of a farm, and to the sainfoin which may be on it. 



Where 



