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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45229	The husbandman's jewel directing how to improve land from 10 l. per annum to 50 l. with small charge by planting ...	Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.	1695 (1695)	Wing H3806; ESTC T36873	39,874	54

are likely Rainy for the most part this I have Observed these Forty Years and found much benifit by it if a drought enters in that Season it is like to be so the most part of the Spring Quarter if not the Summer Quarter too and by that Reason there will be scarcity of Hay If October and November be for the most part Rainy and Warm then is January and February like to be Cold and Frosty on the contrary if October and November be Frosty and Snow then January and February for the most part open Weather If in the Autumn Quarter ground be Flooded that ground will Rot Sheep though you give them never so good Hay If there be no Floods in the Spring Quarter and Summer Quarter then Sheep are not Subject to Rot in the Autumn nor Winter Quarter To destroy all sorts of Vermin TO Kill Rats and Mice take Wheat Flower and bitter Almonds and make them into a Past and lay it into their holes and it will Kill them Another cast Hemlock seed into their holes and it will Kill them To catch Moles lay a head of Garlick or Onion before the holes and they will Immediately come forth To Kill Weasels Wheat Flower Sal Armoniack made into a Past with some Honey throw it where the Weasels usually come and they will eat it and it Kills them To Kill Pismires Origanum beaten to Powder and strewed before their holes and it Kills them To Kill Bugs or Fleas take Rue and Wormwood a good quantity boil them about a quarter of an Hour then take some common Salt the more the better and use it as before To Kill Lice and Nits and to cure Scabby Heads Stave saker and Fresh Butter mixed together and the Head anointed with it kills Lice To Kill Caterpillars take Lees of Oyl and Ox piss and boil them together then cast it upon the Trees or Bushes and it kills them To preserve Cattle from Flies take oil wherein Bakeleer hath been boiled and anoint the Beast with it and they will not come near them To make abundance of Cream TAke a Skiming dish full of the Top of the Milk add to it four spoonfulls of scraped Sugar and a drop of good Runnet then stir them together that they may thicken a little then sett it in a warm Place and a great deal of Cream will rise in an Hours time To Fatten any sort of Fowl in Fifteen Days TAke Nettle seed and Leaves gathered and dryed in their proper Season beat them to Powder and make them into Past with Wheat Bran and Flower adding a little sweet Olive Oyl make this up into little Lumps Coop them up and daily feed them with it giving them to Drink Water that Barley hath been boiled in and they will be fat within the time Proposed For Burns or Scalds MIngle Lime Water with Linseed-Oyl by beating them well together with a Spoon and with a Feather Dipt in it anoint the place grieved till the Fire is gone To Brew Ale and Beer AN Ingenious Author says That we may Brew as good Liquor at London as either York or Nottingham affords and that our Derby Malt Water and Hops is as good as theirs and that the difference lies only in the Brewing and well Ordering it 1. He advises to put to one Quarter of Malt 75 Gallons of Liquor or River-Water letting it Boil for one Hour and so proportionably for a greater or lesser quantity and to every Quarter of Malt half a Pound of Hops your Malt being ready in the Mesh-tub pour so much Water on it as will wet it quite thro' insomuch that the Mesh may be rais'd in the Tun a considerable hight then cover it up with Cloth very close two Hours preserving the remaining part of the Liquor very hot in the Coopper if not Boiling Next the two Hours being expired work your Mesh with proper Instruments very well till you can discern no dry Malt in the Mesh this done let your Mesh Tun run gently into a convenient Vessel and when you have let it run about half an Hour according to the largness of the Mesh put on the remaining part with a Pail throwing it all over the Mesh by degrees 3dly Your Worts being all gathered and emptied from the Vessel wherein you have gathered it into the Copper and the Hops put therein boil it three Hours at least then empty your Copper into the back Cooller 4thly While your Worts are Milk-warm clear it in your guile Tun while it runs clear from dregs you may put your dregs into a Flannel Bag and drain a quantity off clear and of the Strongest Liquor from them 5thly To your Worts 54 Gallons from a quarter of Malt put two Quarts of good Yeast and let it work 24 Hours beating it in three or four times a day according to the Season Winter requiring great Care The Guile being well wrought Tun it up into well Seasoned Vessels leaving liberty for it to Work for about half a Day then bung it up so close Let your Cask stand undisturbed 6 or 10 Weeks and it will be Fine and Strong He says that if by accident it does not Work a Remedy is Take the Whites of two Eggs and half a quartern of Brandy beat them well together and pour them into the Guile if the Drink is in the Cask pour it into the Bung and lay a warm Cloth over it and in an Hours time it will work briskly Remember you under-lay you Cloth that you cover your Vessel with that it may have room to begin to work then take off the Cloth Another way take a quarter of an Ounce of Zinziber Pouder 2 Ounces of fine Loaf Sugar mix them well with some of the Liquor being warm and pour it in The best time for Brewing is March and October A way to clear Ale or Beer tho' never so thick TAke a Pint of Water half an Ounce of unslackt Lime mix them well together let it stand three Hours and the Lime will settle to the bottom and the Water as clear as Glass pour the Water from the sediment and put into your Ale or Beer with half an Ounce of Ising-glass well boiled and in five Hours time or less the Drink will settle and clear This quantity will serve a Hogshead To make Cyder equal to Canary and very cheap CYder of which Red Streak is best is a good Stomach Liquor purifies the Blood is Diuretick and roots out the Scurvy To make Cyder as good as Canary you must make Sweets thus Take 112 Pound of Sugar Water 8 or 10 Gallons in which 30 or 40 Eggs are well beaten and dissolved put your Sugar into your Kettle or Vessel on a gentle Fire and put to it 4 Gallons of the Egg Water stir all about till the Sugar is dissolved when it boils put in more Egg-water to keep it from boiling too high and thus continue putting one Quart of another for about an Hour till your Egg-water is

come about it then with a Net you may take abundance of Fish Proper Flies for every Month. February PAlmer Flies little red Brow the Silver Hackle the plain Hackle the Gold Hackle the great blew dun the great dun the dark brown March The early bright brown the little whirling dun the Thorn-tree Fly the whitish dun the little black Gnat the blew dun the little bright brown April The little dark brown the small bright brown the Violet Fly the great whirling dun the Horse flesh Fly the yellow dun May. The green Drake the dun Cow the black May Fly the Stone Fly the little yellow May Fly the Camlet Fly the great Drake the yellow Palmer the Turky Fly the black flat Fly the little dun the brown light the white Gnat the Cow Lady the Peacock Fly the Cow-turd Fly June From the 1st to the 24th The Stone-fly and green Drake the Barn-fly the Owl-fly the purple Hackle the Flesh-fly the purple Gold Hackle the little Flesh-fly the Ant-fly the Peacock-fly the little black Gnat the brown Gnat the green Grashopper the brown Hackle the dun Grashopper July The Orange-fly the Badgers-fly the Wasp-fly the little white dun the black Hackle the black brown dun the Shell-fly August The Fern-fly the late Ant-fly Harry-long-leg the white Hackly September The late Bagger the Camel brown Fly October The same Flies that were used in March Artificial Flies how to make them and the Season they are to be used in IN April a Stone-fly is in Season the body of it is made with black Wooll made yellow under the Wings and under the Tail the Wings made of Mallards Feathers May at the beginning a ruddy Fly is in Season make the body of red Wooll wrapt about with blew Silk the Wings make of the Wing of a Drake and a red Hackle The yellow or green Fly is made of yellow Wooll his Wing made of red Hackle and the Wing of a Drake The dun Fly is made of black Wooll and sometimes dun in season in March his Wings made of Partridge Feathers black Drake's Feathers and the Feathers under his Tail The black Fly in season in May made of black Wooll and wrapt about with Peacock's Tail his Wings the Feather of the Wings of a brown Capon with the blew Feathers in his Head In June the said yellow Fly is in season made of black Wooll with a yellow List on either side the Wings of a Buzzard bound with broken Hemp. Also the Moorish Fly in season in June made of duskish Wooll the Wings the black Feathers of a Mall Drake Also in the middle of June the Taring Fly made of Bear 's Wooll the Wings made contrary one against the other of the whitish Feathers of a Mall Drake In July the Wasp Fly in season made of black Wooll wrapt about with yellow Silk the Wings made of the Feathers of a Buzzard or Drak The Shell Fly good in the middle of June made with greenish Wooll wrapt about with Pearls of a Peacock's Tail the Wings made of a Buzzards Feathers The dark Drake Fly made of black Wooll wrapt about with black Silk in season in August the Wings made of the Feathers of a Male Drake with a black Head The May Fly made of greenish coloured Cruel or Willow Colour and darken it in most Places with waxed Silk or ribb'd with a black Hair or some of them ribb'd with a Silver Thread and such Wings for the Colour as you see the Fly to have at that Season The Oak Fly the Body made of Orange paring and black Cruel the Wings the brown of a Mallard's Feathers To take Pikes TAke what quantity of blown Bladders you please and at the mouth of it tie a Line longer or shorter as the Water is in depth bait your Hooks Artificially and put them into the Water and as the Wind blows them gently the Pike will strike himself and make pleasant Diversion by flouncing about when spent take him out the same may be done by tying your Line at the Leg of Ducks or Geese To take a Pike as he lies sleeping and sunning in fair Weather with a Loop or Net MArch and August is the best time Take a long Pole or Rod that is light and strait on the small end fasten a running Loop of twisted Horse-hair and Silk or made of Wyre of a large Compass which gently draw on him and when it is 5 or 6 Inches over his Gills hoist him up if it is a small Pike draw it not so far on make no Noise in walking nor speaking if he lies so that you cannot conveniently noose him touch his Tail with the Rod and he 'll turn as you please also with a hand Net putting it gently under Water guide it just under him and lift it softly till you just touch him and then do it as quick as you can Baits for Fish TAke Oculus Indiae soft Cheese and Honey and Crumbs of White Bread make it into a Paste and throw little Pellets into the Water and the Fish will swim above the Water Of FOWLING LET your Net be made of the best Pack-Thread well twisted and dry'd and for great Fowl let your Meshes be two Inches at least form point to point the larger the better provided the Powl cannot creep through Let the Net be about 2 Fathom deep and 6 in length is the best verge it on each side and at either end extend it with long Poles that the lower end of the Poles may be fastned with a piece of a Line or two Stakes fast driven into the Ground And observe to do this at the Places where Birds feed and haunt in the Mornings and you may expect Sport To take Birds with Lime twigs THus you must make it At Midsummer peel the Bark from the Holli-Trees and fill a Vessel and put running Water to it then boil it over the Fire till the white and grey Bark rise from the green Take it off the Fire drain the Water well away and then separate the Barks and take the green lay it on some moist Floor and close Place and cover it with Weeds and let it lie about a Fortnight and in that time it will rot and turn to a slimy Substance and then put it into a Mortar beat it well and then take it out and wash it in some running Stream till the foulness is gone Then put it in a close Earthen Pot let it stand five days look to its purging and scum it When clean put it into another Earthen pot and keep close for use As for your Setting-dog it must be elected and trained thus He must be of good Scent and love naturally to haunt Fowls the Land Spaniel is best being of a good nimble size and couragious Mettle which you may know by his Breed and being of a good Ranger c. Then the first Lesson is to make him crouch and lie down close to the Ground and it s done by frequent laying him on the