0,N SPRING WHEAT, kd l^f, 



Iner furrow, and that it should by no means be plougliedl 

 again in the spring. 



The winter frost meliorates the soil, and I think kills the 

 annual weeds. I have remarked that by adopting this mode,- 

 tlie land is much less troubled with them, the weeds having' 

 been a general objection to spring wheat. 



If spring wheat follows turnips, the ground {hould be 

 ploughed as soon as possible, if the soil is of a wet nature* 

 to correct the injury the land may have sustained by leading 

 off the crop, and by the poaching of carts and horses. Frost 

 will in some degree correct what should never if possible 

 happen, wet phtighing. 



From the middle of February till the 10th of March is Proper time for^ 

 the proper time for sowing wheat in the spring, provided the sowing. 

 land is sufficiently dry. Then on the first furrow let the 

 seed properly pickled be sown either by drill or broad cast ; 

 the usual practice of water furrowing, to keep the land from 

 too much rain, being properly attended to. 



On the UJ'e of Tar for Cattle sivelled hy eating Clover. 

 Cows are frequently seized with violent swellings from Tar cures cat- 

 having been imprudently allowed to eat clover when wet, ^^theaiing 

 A gentleman recommended to me, as a cure, an egg-shell clover. 

 full of tar, immediately to be put down the creature's thi'oat. 

 In two instances of my own cattle I found it had the effect of 

 laying the swelling in a few minutes. A neighbour of mine, 

 whose cow it was supposed could not live five minutes, was, ' 

 on application of the tar, unexpectedly recovered, to the 

 great joy of the poor man. 



On Opium and other Preparations from Poppies. 

 After I commenced farmer, I unfortunately loft four Opium a cure 

 horses, by a disorder very frequent in this country, called f"'',^'^®,^'''P^* 

 the bats ov gripes ; some of them died in a few hours, and 

 none of them were ill more than two days. For some 

 years past I have given my horses in such cases a table / 



spoonful of tincture of opium, or liquid laudanum, and 

 have since lost none. If the firll dor-e given in some liquid 

 does not allay the violent pain and swelling, I administer a 

 second spoonful, which I have hitherto, in all cases, found 

 to have the desired effect, and generally in a very short time. 



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