( 7* ) 



Rats are terrible enemies to pigeons, and will 

 foon deftroy a whole dove-cot. Cats, weafels, 

 and fauirrels will do the fanme. It will be ne- 

 ceffary, therefore, to examine the dove-cot oricc 

 every week at lead very minutely* 



SECTION LVL 



De/criptien of the necejfary JJtenftls in Hujbandry 

 for clearing Land, ^c, 



IN the firft Se6i:ion I defcribed the method 

 of fallowing land, the ufe of the plough, har- 

 rows, drag, a roller and couch-rake. Having 

 feen many different inftrutpents employed for 

 the purpofe of clearing land, I find none foef- 

 fedual as the plough and harrow : for a drag 

 is nothing more than a harrow with a fcarifier 

 made by the teeth, having a kind of hoe at the 

 bottom, fo as to get under couch-grafs, or any 

 fort of weed, and fo to pull them up inftead of 

 cutting them. This is an inftrument proper 

 only to be ufed after drill-crops, and in fallow- 

 land; for, the land then lying in fmall ridges, 

 and the manure all Inclofed within them, the 



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