[Sidenote: August.] In August, and in the begynnyng of September, is [Sidenote: Second stirring.] tyme to make his seconde sturrynge, and most commonly it is cast downe and plowed a meane forowe, not to depe nor to ebbe, so he turne it clene. And if it be caste, it 4 [Sidenote: Water-furrow the land.] wolde be water-forowed bytwene the landes, there-as the reane shulde be, and it wyll be the dryer, whan the lande shall be sowen. And if the landes lie high in the ridge, & highe at the reane, & lowe in the 8 myddes of the side, that the water may not ronne easely in-to the reane, as I se dayly in many places: than let the husband set his plough .iii. or .iiii. fote fro_m_ the [Sidenote: How to ridge it up.] rydge, and cast all the rydge on bothe sydes, and whan 12 the rydge is cast, set his plough there-as he began, and rydge vp the remenant of the lande, and so is the land bothe cast and rydged, and all at one plowynge. And this [Sidenote: [Fol. 24_b_.]] shall cause the lande to lye rounde, whan it is sowen 16 at the nexte tyme, and than shall it not drowne the corne. 34. ==> To sowe wheat and rye. [Sidenote: Michaelmas.] Aboute Myghelmasse it is tyme to sowe bothe wheate [Sidenote: Sow wheat and rye.] and rye. Wheate is mooste commonlye sowen vnder the forowe, that is to saye, caste it vppon the falowe, and than plowe it vnder. And in some places they sowe theyr 4 [Sidenote: Pease stubble.] wheate vppon theyr pees-stubble, the whiche is neuer soo good, as that that is sowen vppon the falowe: and that is vsed, where they make falowe in a fyelde euery [Sidenote: In Essex a child sows.] fourthe yere. And in Essex they vse to haue a chylde, 8 to go in the forowe before the horses or oxen, with a bagge or a hopper full of corne: and he taketh his hande full of corne, and by lyttel and lytel casteth it in the [Sidenote: He ought to have much discretion.] sayde forowe. Me semeth, that chylde oughte to haue 12 moche dyscretion.