422 JULY. 



a whipple-tree as short as permits the horse to 

 work, and hung on to a springing fixture at the 

 beam end, in this form : 



by which means the w,hipple is raised, that if it 

 does brush the beans, it is so high in the stalk, 

 that they bend easily to it without suffering da- 

 mage ; but the higher it is thus raised the better. 

 I have seen them work in Kent, when men from 

 other counties thought it impossible. In this state 

 of the crops, the block of the shim is inia position 

 longitudinal with the rows, otherwise the ends may 

 break the stalks. In common, however, the only 

 horse work wanting this month is earthing up. 

 Weeds are never to be left, the hands and hand- 

 hoes are ever to attack them. 



LUCERN. 



The lucern will be ready to cut again this 

 month : if it was drilled for horse-hoeing, the in- 

 tervals must be directly horse-hoed the contrary 

 way to the last. In respect to hand-hoeing, the 



best 



