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Uread, very good Malt, and yields 

 a large Iacreafe. 



All thefe Sorts of Barley are fown 

 in the Spring of the Year, in a dry 

 Time ; in fome very dry light Land, 

 the Barley is fown early in March ; 

 but, in flrong clayey Soils, it is not 

 fown till April, and fometimes not 

 until the Beginning of May ; but 

 when it is fown fo late, if the Sea- 

 fon doth not prove very favourable, 

 it is very late in Autumn before it is 

 fit to mow, unlefs it be the rath-ripe 

 Sort, which is often ripe in nine 

 Weeks from the time of fowing. 



The fquare Barley orBig is chiefly 

 cultivated in the North of England t 

 and in Scotland, and is hardier than 

 the other Sorts ; but this is feldom 

 fown in the South of England, tho' 

 it might be cultivated to good Pur- 

 pofe on fome ilrong cold clayey 

 Lands, where the other Kinds do 

 not thrive fo well. 



Some People fow Barfey upon 

 Land where Wheat grew the former 

 Year ; but when this ispra&ifed, the 

 Ground mould be plowed the Be- 

 ginning of OStober in a dry time, 

 laying it in fmall Ridges, that the 

 Frolt may mellow it the better ; and 

 this will improve the Land greatly : 

 then in March the Ground is plowed 

 again, aad laid even where it is not 

 very wetj but in ftrong wet Lands 

 the Ground mould be laid round, 

 a-nd the Furrows made deep to re- 

 ceive the Wet When this is finiih- 

 ed, the Seed mould be fown with a 

 broad Caft at two Sowings : the nrft 

 being harrowed in once, the fecond 

 fhould be harrowed until the Seed is 

 buried : the common Allowance of 

 Seed is fcur fiuftiels to an Acre. 



It is a very common Fault wkh 

 Farmers to fow too much Grain of 

 all Sorts on their L nd ; not confi- 

 flering, that if the Roots of Corn 

 .land very clofe together, there will 



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not be room for them to put out 

 many Stems ; fo that frequently there 

 is not more than two or three Stalks 

 to a Root ; whereas, if the Reots were 

 farther diitant, there might be ten or 

 twelve, and, on good Land, many 

 more. I have counted upward of 

 feventy Stalks of Barley from one 

 Root, which was tranfplanted in a 

 Garden, where the Ground was 

 light, but not rich : and I am fatif- 

 ned by feveral Experiments, that 

 where Barley is fown early upon 

 light Ground, it ihould not be too 

 thick ; for if it is rolled two or three 

 times before it ftalks, the Roots, by- 

 being prefied, will (hoot out a great- 

 er Number of Stalks ; and it will not 

 be fo liable to lodge with Wet, as 

 the Barley which is fown thick ; fo 

 muftconfequentlybe drawn up much 

 taller, and have weaker Stalks. 



When the Barley is fown, the 

 Ground ihould be rolled after the 

 firft Shower of Rain, to break the 

 Clods, and lay the Earth fmooth ; 

 which will render it better to mow, 

 and alfo caufe the Earth to lie clofer 

 to the Roots of the Corn, which will 

 be of great Service to it in dry Wea- 

 ther. 



Where Barlev is fown upon new 

 broken up Land, the ufual Method 

 is, to plow up the Land in March, 

 and \tt it lie fallow until June ; at 

 which time it is plowed again, and 

 fown with Turneps, which are eaten 

 by Sheep in Winter, by whofe Dung 

 the Land is greatly improved ; and 

 then in March fo'lo vving the Ground 

 is plowed again, and fown wkh 

 Barlev, as before. 



There are many People who fow 

 Clover with their Barley ; and fome 

 have fown the Lucern with Barley * 

 but neither of thefe Methods is to 

 be commended ; for where there is 

 a good Crop of Barley, the Clover or 

 Lucern mull be fo weak as not to 

 Sfa ; pay 



