MAY. 



husbandry is known by record to have been prac- 

 tised 'for ages on the same land, the staple must 

 have lost three inches every hundred years; in 

 other words, it must have been totally gone long 

 ago, and nothing but rock remained : all which is 

 evidently false, the soil at this day being as thick 

 as ever. We may hence conclude, what such far- 

 mers assert to be true, that the earth suffers no 

 diminution, those roots and bulbs only being re- 

 duced to ashes, which in breaking up by the plough 

 alone, would rot away. 



HOPS. 



Dig the new-planted hop garden this month : 

 earth up the plants, and see that no weeds are left 

 to infest them. At this time you should also pole 

 your old plantations, proportioning the poles to the 

 age and growth of the hops. Within a short time 

 id tor, the binds are tied to the poles. These are 

 nice operations, and not to be detailed in a work 

 of this sort. 



BEES, 



Watch well the apiary, for you must now expect 

 the bees to swarm. This useful insect is not so much 

 attended to by many farmers as it ought to be: not 

 a farm-house should be without bee-hives ; for the 

 trouble they give is very trifling, and by farmers 

 small profits should not be neglected : the union of 

 them is not trifling. 



HEMP. 



