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ABSTRACT
At
Hallontide, slaughter time entereth in, Slaughter
time
and
then doth the husbandmans feasting beging:
From
thence until shroftide kill now and then some,
their
offal for household the better will come.
Thy
dredge and thy barley go thresh out to malt, Dredge
is otes and barlie
let
maltser be cunning, else lose it thou shalt:
Thencrease
of a seame is a bushel for store,
bad
else is the barley, or huswif much more.
Some
useth to winnow, some useth to fan Winnowing
fanning and
some
useth to cast it, for malting not so, casting
For
seede goe and cast it, for malting not so,
but
get out the cockle, and then let it go.
Thresh
barlie as yet but as neede shal require, Threshing
of barlie
fresh
threshed for stoover thy cattel desire:
And
therefore that threshing forbeare as ye may,
til
Candlemas comming, for sparing of hay.
Such
wheat as ye keepe for the baker to buie,
unthreshed
til March in the sheafe let it lie,
Least
foistnes take it if sooner yee thresh it,
although
by oft turning ye seeme to refresh it.
Save
chaffe of the barlie, of wheat and of rie, Chaffe
of corn
from
feathers and foistines, where it doth lie,
Which
mixed with corne, being sifted of dust,
go
give to thy cattel, when serve them ye must.
Greene
peason or hastings at Hallontide sowe,
in
hartie good soile he requireth to growe:
Graie
peason or runcivals cherrly to stand,
at
Candlemas sowe, with plentiful hand.
Leave
latewardly rering, keepe now no more swine,
but
such as thou maist, with the offal of thine:
Except
ye have wherewith to fat them away,
the
fewer thou keepest, keepe better ye may.
Th
rere uo much pultrie, and want the barn doore,
is
naught for the pulter and woorse for the poore.
So,
now to keep hogs and to sterve them for meate,
is
as to keepe dogs for to brawle in the street.
As
cat a good mouser is needful in house,
because
for her commons she killeth the mouse,
So
ravening curres, as a meany doo keepe,
makes
master want meat, and his dog to kill sheep.
Foe
Easter at Martilmas hang up a beefe, Martilmas
beefe
for
stalfed and pease fed plaie pickpurse the theefe:
With
that and the like, er an grass biefe come in,
thy
folk shall look cheerelie when others looke thin.
Set
garlicke and beanes, at S.Edmund the king, Set
garlicke and beanes
the
moone in the wane thereon hangeth a thing:
Thencrease
of a pottle (wel proved of some)
shal
pleasure thy household er peskod time come.
When
rain is a let to thy dooings abrode, Threshing
set
threshers an threshing to laie on good lode:
Thresh
cleane ye must bid them, though lesser they yarn,
and
looking to thrive have an eie to thy barne.
Take
heede to thy man in his furie and heate, Cattle
beaters
with
ploughstaff and whipstock, for maiming thy neate:
To
thresher for hurting of cow with his flaile,
or
making thy hen to plaie tapple up taile.
Some
pilfering thresher will walke with a staffe, Corne
stealers
will
carrie home corne as it it in the chaffe,
And
some in his bottle of leather so great,
will
carry home daily both barlie and wheat.
If
houseroom will serve thee, lay stover up drie, Keep
dry thy straw
and
everoe sort by itself for to lie.
Or
stack up for litter if room be but poore,
and
thatch out the residue noieng thy door.
Cause
weekly thy thresher to make up his flower, Everie
weeke rid thy
though
slothful and pilferer thereat do lower: barne
of flower
Take
tub for a season, take sack for a shift,
yet
garner for graine is the better for thrift.
All
maner of straw that is scattered in yard,
good
husbandlie husbands have daily regard,
In
pit full of water the same to bestowe,
where
lieng to rot, thereof profit may growe,
Now
plough up thy hedlond, or delve it with spade Digging
of hedlonds
where
otherwise profit but little is made,
And
cast it up high, upon hillocks to stand,
that
winter may rot it to compas thy land
If
garden requirer it , now trench it ye may, Trenching
of garden
one
trench not a yard from another go lay:
Which
being well filled with much by and by,
go
cover with mould for a season to ly.
Foule
privies are now to be clensed and fide, Clensing
of privies
let
night be appointed such baggage to hide,:
Which
buried in garden in trenches alowe,
shall
make very many things better to growe.
The
chimney all sootie would now be made cleene, Sootie
chimenyes
for
feare of mischances , too oftimes seen:
Old
chimney and sootie, if fier once take,
by
burning and breaking, soone mischeefe may make.
When
ploughing is ended, and pasture not great, Put
horse in stable
then
stable thy horses, and tend them with meat:
Let
season be drie when you take them to house,
for
danger of nittes, or for feare of a louse.
Lay
compas up handsomly, round on a hill,
to
walke in thy yard at thy pleasure and will,
More
compas it maketh and handsom the plot,
if
horsekeeper daily forgetteth it not.
Make
hillocks of molehills, in field thorough out,
and
so to remaine, till the yeare go about,
Make
also the lik whereas plots be too hie,
all
winter a rotting for compas to lie.
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