JUNE. 3C)() 



sloping face of a bank, but on a level tablet left for 

 that purpose, and well defended on both sides, to 

 keep both sheep and hogs from them. 



TRAVELLING. 



If our young farmer has any relation, friend, or 

 confidential bailiff, that he can trust his farm to 

 for ten days or a fortnight, let him now take his 

 nag for a summer tour, to view some farms in well- 

 cultivated countries, and to introduce himself to 

 the conversation of his intelligent brethren, from 

 whom he will be sure to learn something useful. 

 In this month are the sheep -shearings of his Grace 

 the Duke of Bedford, and of Mr. Coke; he cannot 

 do better than be present at one of them, as he 

 \vill there meet wttn able cultivators from every part 

 of the kingdom, and may learn where best to direct 

 his steps, whatever may be his object : and this, let 

 me remark, is no inconsiderable proof of the great 

 national utility of those meetings. I have met 

 farmers both at Woburn and at Holkham, who 

 were in the progress of such journies, were pro- 

 perly and usefully inquisitive, and without doubt 

 received no slight advantage from the knowledge 

 thus gained. This is a good season for a journey; 

 the corn of all sorts shews itself to advantage ; 

 the turnip season is in full operation ; lucern is 

 mowing for soiling; the marl-carts are at work ; 

 the lime-kilns active; and most of the works of a 

 farm either in operation or effect. 



LIME. 



