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phenomenon, however, is never obfervable on any 

 other foils but thofe that are uncommonly fpungy, 

 particularly mofly foils; for the clofe furface of 

 grafs prevents the froft from penetrating it in others: 

 nor does the froft ever produce fuch devaftation on 

 any foil, when well covered with a coat of matt- 

 rooted grafies, as otherwife. 



This being obvioufly the cafe, if ever reliance be 

 to be had on broad clover for a Jecond year's crop, 

 it is advifeable to fow with the clover a proportion 

 of rye-grafs. This is a very profitable practice, as it 

 much augments the weight of the firft cutting, and 

 makes it come fome weeks earlier than otherwife it 

 would have been. It alfo effectually prevents the 

 white gowans from appearing, which fo often render 

 a crop of red clover fown alone worth very little. 

 And as the clover afterward advances much more 

 quickly than the rye-grafs, the fucceeding cuttings 

 are as good as if no rye-grafs had been fown. 



To guard the clover too, if reliance be to be had 

 upon it for the Jecond year y it mould never be cut 

 very late in the feafon, for this makes the furface 

 ib bare as to leave the roots very much expofed to 

 danger; but if it be cut pretty early in autumn, the 

 rye-grafs advances again in the end of the feafon, 

 after the clover has become ftationary, fo as to afford 

 a clofe covering that defends the roots pretty well. 



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