18 FARMER'S CALENDAR.[ MARCH.

andaseasonobtained. Podding, or picking green pease for the London market, is a very valuable branch of the business of some farms, within a few miles of the metropolis.

Sprinc Wueat.—The culture of this article should never be attempted, but upon light lands of great natural fertility, and its profits, even on such, compared with other grain, are very ques- tionable. It ought ever, either be drilled, or sow- ed with seeds, that some benefit may be secured. It has been disputed, whether any specific differ- ence exist between spring and winter wheat. I believe that which is usually sold as spring wheat, came originally from Siberian seed; but, accord- ing to my observation, any wheat sowed in March, in a good soil, will produce a small crop at har- vest, which being resowed in the spring, will suc- ceed better as spring wheat; and perhaps as well as that properly so called.“The white, hight and thin-skinned wheat, is the most proper for this ex- periment.

Caznspaces.—The seed should be got into the bed, as early as possible in March, if February afforded no opportunity. The proper sort for cattle is the Scotch, or any large, hardy, flat sort; and as soon as the plants are of tolerable size, it 1s best to transplant them iminediately into the field, as at this season, if left too long in the bed, they aréapt to run. The season of setting them out extends from mid-April to the middle of May; beyond which, I think it cannot be extended, with the prospect of afullcrop. From three to five plowings are necessary for this crop; the last

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