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Beans may be Town in February, and until 

 April. Barley is beft fown in March : late 

 ibwing of barley makes the grain fmall and 

 coarfe, and much inferior to that fown early : 

 however, it may be fown from March to May. 

 Oats may be fown from March to May. 

 Clover-feed is beft fown with barley or oats, 

 and harrowed in, as are all other feeds intend- 

 ed for fward, &c, Bufh-h arrowing is a good 

 way where feeds are fown. 



Having fpoken particularly as to the times 

 of fowing, it may be necefTary to fay fomething 

 generally as to the times both of '/owing and of 

 reaping ; for, as fituations and feafons, which 

 are the guides to both, vary fo much, no precife 

 rules can be abfolutely laid down for either the 

 one or the other. But one general obfervation 

 may be made : Corn fown early is mod likely 

 to fucceed, by having more time for tillering or 

 branching, and from being fooner ready for 

 reaping. Early fowing has fo many advanta- 

 ges over the late, that, in my own practice, I 

 have experienced a difference of one third in 

 the amount of the produce, by the difference 

 of a few days in fowing, upon land fimilar in 

 every refpeft. Without doubt, it is beft to be 

 as early as the feafon and the nature of the 

 intended crop will admit of. 



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