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worth little or nothing: the fly, the black cater- 

 pillar, the dry weather, or some unknown cause, 

 often defeating the industry and ex pence of the 

 most skilful farmer. When this happens, as it 

 too often does, I would, by all means, advise him 

 to sow it with burnet, and in March and April 

 following he will have a fine pasture for his sheep 

 and lambs. Communications to Dr. Templeman. 



MOW GRASS. 



All meadows and pastures, not mown in June, 

 should be cut this month. Hay-making being in 

 many seasons such ticklish work, and so extremely 

 expensive, the farmer should take care to manage 

 it with as good contrivance as he can. To have 

 plenty of hands, is a material point ; for, if good 

 use be not made of favourable days, the work will 

 certainly be unprofitable. In order to this, the 

 former should have some other work always in 

 readiness for his people, in case the weather is too 

 wet for hay-making. For men, he may have com- 

 post hills to turn over and mix, borders to grub or 

 dig up, carting manure, &c. Women he may em- 

 ploy in stone-picking, weeding, &c. When many 

 hands are kept, this management will save much 

 useless expence. In the making the hay, the get- 

 ting it at last on to the large cock should never be 

 omitted. 



Many farmers only run it up in broad rows, and 

 load from them to the waggons ; but it is better 

 to employ all the hands in cocking it ; for, if the 



cocks 



