SEPTEMBER* 



the corn as early as possible, and, ploughing once, 

 harrow in fresh seeds immediately: this will suc- 

 ceed very well if they are got in in the month of Au- 

 gust, or early in September; the sooner the better: 

 and in this case the land should be very well rolled 

 in October, in a dry season. If the failure happens 

 in land sown in August, it should have three earths 

 in dry weather in the spring, and the grass-seeds 

 re-sown with buck -wheat in May: that is not a crop 

 for clays and wet loams, but I have known it suc- 

 ceed well in a dry summer; should the season be 

 vet, it will give little seed, and should be mown 

 when in blossom for soiling cows. It is an ame- 

 liorating plant, never exhausting any soil, and 

 therefore preserves in the land the fertility gaincel 

 by the operations previous to the former sowing* 

 And I may here generally observe, that grass seeds 

 of all sorts, and on all soils, never succeed better 

 than with buck- wheat, of which not more than one 

 bushel an acre should be sown. There is a dis- 

 trict in Norfolk where buck is highly valued for this 

 object. It is a profitable article of cultivation on 

 the very poorest barren snnds. 



AUTUMNAL MANAGEMENT OF NEW LAYS. 

 This is a point of considerable consequence, and 

 in proportion to the moisture of the soil. All 

 trampling of catlle and horses is pernicious, for the 

 soil, after a crop of corn, or after the tillage of a 

 fallow, is very tender, and affected by every im- 

 pression : it is also bad to feed the plants, as I have 



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