CHAP vn. CALENDAE OF GENERAL FARM WORK. W71 



in the month. Turn cattle into pastures. Graze pastures laid to rest 

 at Candlemas, and shut up such as are to be mown at Midsummer. 

 Feed horned cattle, if needful. Fold sheep; and examine them, 

 lest they he fly-struck. Destroy moles and other vermin. Drain 

 swampy and boggy land. Cut, dry, and house turf for winter fuel. 

 Mow tares and lucerne for green fodder. Attend carefully to the 

 dairy. Commence sowing swedes, and finish mangel seeding. Sow 

 late carrots. Spray young corn crops to destroy charlock. 



JUNE. 



Sow swedes, rape, kale, and common turnips; hoe mangel, also 

 carrots and swedes, already in rough leaf, if the weather be favourable. 

 Weed corn crops. Attend to the cabbage crops. Transplant cabbage 

 and kale. Cart manure to fields in which it will be required for 

 application in the autumn. Wean lambs. Wash and shear sheep. 

 Dispose of fat stock. Soil cattle. Clean out ponds, if dry, and prepare 

 the mud for manure. Repair mowers. Mow grass, rye-grass, clover, 

 and sainfoin. Continue to get in turf for winter fuel. Cut down 

 weeds in hedges. Spray potato crops with louillie lordelaise. 



JULY. 



Finish the weaning of lambs. Shear sheep, if the month of June 

 has been too wet or cool. Hand-hoe or horse-hoe root crops and 

 potatoes. Sow cole-seed. Weed cabbage crogs, and early this month 

 hoe those planted in June. Hoe carrots and parsnips. Finish mowing 

 grass lands. Mow lucerne. Finish haymaking. Hoe lucerne. Cut 

 early peas and rye, if ready. Continue clearing out ponds, if dry, 

 and prepare the mud for manure. Reap winter oats about the end 

 of this month. Plough fallows, and cart out chalk, marl, and earthy 

 manures. Shut up rowen, or aftermath. Clear out the barns. Prepare 

 the stack yards, &c. Look to the waggons. In early districts the 

 cutting of wheat and oats usually begins in the latter half of the 

 month. Put rams to ewes for breeding early lambs. Spray potato 

 crops. 



AUGUST. 



Cut all kinds of grain and pulse as they ripen, and without loss of 

 time, not waiting for them to become dead ripe. Sow rape, turnips, 

 vetches, rye, and barley for winter use. Put rams to ewes, and sell off 

 fat sheep and lambs. Keep wethers well. Watch sows (particularly 

 young ones) near the time of farrowing. Sow grass seeds on old 

 pastures. Transplant lucerne. Weed potatoes by hand, if the horse- 

 hoe cannot reach them. Hand-hoe broadcast turnips for the second 

 time. Sow cabbage seed for "plants" to be transplanted in the 

 coming autumn and spring. Cut lucerne. Run sheep upon seeds 

 that were cut in June. Lay land down to grass. Collect fern, heather, 

 &c., for winter use. 



