Agriculture -- England; Conduct of life; Home economics, Rural
And in the later ende of Apryll, and the begynnynge of
[Sidenote: Carry out dung.]
Maye, is tyme to cary out his dounge or mucke, and
to lay it vppon his barley-grounde. And where he hath
barley this yere, sowe it with whete or rye the next 4
tyme it is falowed, and so shal he mucke all his landes
ouer at euerye seconde falowe. But that husbande that
can fynd the meanes to cary oute his donge, and to laye
[Sidenote: Lay dung on the land after the first stirring,]
it vpon his lande after it be ones sturred: it is moche 8
better than to laye it vppon his falowe, for dyuer causes.
One is, if it be layde vpon his fallowe, all that fallethe
in the holowe rygge shall do lyttell good; for whan
it is rygged agayne, it lyeth soo depe in the erthe, that 12
it wyll not be plowed vp agayne, excepte that whan he
hath sprede it, he wyll with a shouell, or a spade, caste
out all that is fallen in the rygge. And if it be layde
[Sidenote: and soon after stirring.]
vpon the sturrynge, at euery plowynge it shall medle 16
the donge and the erthe togyder, the whiche shall
cause the corne moche better to growe and encreace.
And in somme places, they lode not theyr donge,
tyll harvest be done, & that is vsed in the farther 20
[Sidenote: [Fol. 15.]]
syde of Darbyshyre, called Scaresdale, Halomshyre,
and so northewarde towarde Yorke and Ryppon: and
that I calle better thanne vppon the falowe, and specyally
for barley: but vppon the fyrste sturrynge, is beste 24
for wheate and rye, and that his dunge be layde vpon
[Sidenote: Spread it evenly.]
smal hepes nygh together, and to sprede it euenly, and
to leue no dounge there-as the mucke-hepe stode, for
the moystnes of the dounge shall cause the grounde to 28
[Sidenote: Mix it with earth.]
be ranke ynoughe. And if it be medled with erthe,
as sholynges and suche other, it wyll laste the longer,
and better for barley than for whete or rye, bycause of
wedes. Horse-donge is the worste donge that is. The 32
donge of all maner catell, that chewe theyr cudde,
[Sidenote: Doves’ dung.]
is verye good. And the dounge of douues is best,
but it must be layde vppon the grounde verye thynne.
18. ¶ To set out the shepe-folde.
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