The modern husbandman: or, The practice of farming : As it is now carried on by the most accurate farmers in several counties of England. For the month of May. Containing the following particulars: viz. I. Of ploughs and plowing. II. Of barley, wheat, &c. III. Of weeds, and their cure. IV. Of manures and dressings proper for this month. V. Of artificial grasses. VI. Of bulls, cows, and calves. VII. Of cheese. VIII. Of butter. IX. Of hogs. X. Of sheep. XI. Miscellaneous matters in husbandry. XII. Of turneps; a farther account of them. XIII. Of making and repairing roads. XIV. Of horses, mares, and colts. XV. Of trees and insects. By William Ellis, of Little Gaddesden, near Hempstead, in Hertfordshire.