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the weld is pulled in the following;- year. Tins being 

 a product sold to marmfiieJt?rers, the., price- is not 

 fixed in any manner very satisfactory to the farmer, 

 and therefore I merely name it. that the reader may 

 have it in his mind for tv'wl, should he be so dis- 

 posed. In other parts of the kingdom it is sown 

 with turnips, which are fed oft* in the spring, and 

 the weld left for a crop. 



TARES IN CLOVER, 



Very early in this month, and in some seasons 

 in Mar -h, the young clovers should be carefully 

 examined ; for if the land has had this crop too 

 often repeater], it is very apt to be what the farmers 

 call sick of it. A full plant in autumn often dies 

 away in winter and spring ; so that by this month, 

 the farmer, perhaps, is in doubt whether he shall 

 let it stand or plough it up. In this case, it is 

 highly advisable to dibble into all the vacant spots, 

 spring tares, which thus take extremely well, and 

 between clover and tares, a very ample crop is pro- 

 duced. 



SOW FURZE. 



Dr. Taylor, in Surrey, had a poor field of six 

 acres, worth 7s. per arre, sown with furze, and 

 thus converted to be the most profitable of the farm. 

 It was sown (the land being cleared from couch) in 

 April, J782 ; mown in 1784, to thicken it ; and 

 cut for the first crop in 1786, and since regularly 

 every two years, three acres per annum. Last year's 



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