NOVEMBER. 507 



fcctly dry : if the water hangs at all in the furrows, 

 or the water- furrows, let them be immediately 

 cleansed, so as to run off without the least 

 obstruction; for it is very pernicious to any 

 land to be soaking in stagnant water : instead of 

 receiving benefit by autumnal tillage, it is much 

 injured. 



PEASE. 



Upon dry soils, that plough well in winter, the 

 end of this month is a good time to sow the hardy 

 hog-pea, which will remain uninjured by frosts and 

 be much earlier in the following year than those 

 sown in the spring. 



SHEEP. 



The lean stock sheep will yet be kept in the 

 remains of the summer grass, and on the sheep- 

 walks ; but the fat stock must now be at turnips 

 or cabbages. Remember that fatting cnttle, of 

 whatever sort, should have as much meat as they 

 like ; but should, at the same time, be prevented 

 from making any waste. Giving fat sheep the tur- 

 nips or cabbages is v a dubious point ; many farmers 

 urging strenuously the necessity of saving carriage, 

 by letting the sheep feed them off where they grow, 

 provided the land be dry enough ; but others are of 

 a contrary opinion, and carry the turnips to a grass 

 field, where they give them to the sheep as re- 

 quired, and without so much waste as is made in 

 the other case. Upon these systems I shall re- 



o o 4 mark, 



