122 [June, 
HOME FARM, 
% OPEEATIONS FOE JUNE. 
The Flock .-—Wash and shear sheep, allowing an interval of 8'or 10 
v H days between the operations, so that the yolk may rise into the wool, 
thereby improving its quality and increasing the weight. From 3s. 
H 3s. 6d. per score, according to the size of the sheep, with, beer, or 
/y. 4 beer-money, is about the usual rate of payment. Dip lambs a few 
, days after shearing the ewes. Push forward barrens and wether tegs 
t pV a cake or corn daily. 
The Turnip Crop .—This will be the season for getting in the main 
^ crops in the midland and southern counties. Swedes come first, next 
hybrid kinds, then the yellow and white-fleshed varieties. During a 
dry season plough the land intended for such crops as little as possible, 
but clean and obtain a good tilth by a free use of scarifier, harrows, 
and roller, in order to retain the moisture in the soil ; Heavy lands 
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