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The new farmer's calendar : or monthly remembrancer for all kinds of country business ; comprehending all the material improvements in the new husbandry with the management of live stock, inscribed to the farmers of Great Britain / by a farmer and breeder [i. e. J. Lawrence]
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26 FARMERS CALENDAR.[MARCH.

wards, on all soils. It may be harrowed in with the corn, but it is more safe to roll it in, after the corn is up, giving the latter the advantage of'a startin growth. Should the wetness of thespring, and the aptitude of the soil force such a luxuriant growth of clover as to smother the corn, it will be most advantageous to cut the whole crop toge- ther, either as green fodder or hay.

Ray-GR Assis usually mixed withclover, insome counties, by custom; such custom, however, is disadvantageous where the soil is rich; on poor soils, the practice 1s proper. This grass produces a bite early, and should be used before it becomes too hard and stalky. Quantity of seed, four or five bushels per acre, if sowed alone; with clover, two bushels, to twelve or fourteen pounds of clover-seed.

Turnip FALLOwW.The land, winter-fallowed for Turnips, should be stirred this month and the following, if required, and reduced to a garden- tilth, for a crop of weeds to be turned in before their seeding. The weeds will not only be de- stroyed, but contribute in a certain degree, by their return, to fertilize and force the soil.

BREEDING AND FATTING Srtuck.Should tur- nips be Jeft upon the land, until this late period (a common, but very unprofitable practice) they ought at least to be cleared off by the middle of the month, or the succeeding crop will evidently sufier. The farm-yard ought now to supply good last years provision for the breeding and fatting Stock, until the spring products are ready; but

this most important point in husbandry can only be attainc@y

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