The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Cut down the Trees and Bushes about the middle of
June; and when they have laid about ten Days and
the Leaves are dry; burn as much of them as you can on
the Ground, as they lay; then pile up the Bodies of the
Trees, and whatever the Fire has left, and burn them in
heaps, then plow the Ground: about a Month after cros-
plow: in the beginning of September harrow the Ground
well, Sow the Wheat and plow it in: by large Stumps or
Trees where the Plough cannot come to bury the Seed,
cover it with a Hoe.

Where Ground design'd for Wheat has large Trees upon
it, they may be girdled when their Leaves are coming out;
but Oaks and some other Sorts, when girdled, must be cut
through the Sap, or they will not die the first Summer.

Land full of Birches, Fern- and such small Bushes, or
Land very full of Brambles, is not so proper for raising
Wheat for the first Crop, as Land covered either with large
or small Trees or both, provided the large Trees be girdled
just at the Time they put out their Leaves, and the small
Trees cut down about the middle of June, as before directed.

N. B. High or sideling Land is the best, to preserve the
Wheat from being killed in the Winter. Coarse Sand or
Clay is not so good for Wheat as Loamy or hazel Mould;
so that the Ground be not very moist.