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By thefe precautions, I have been feldom difap* 

 pointed in my fecond year's crop of clover, though 

 it mllfometimes difappear almoft entirely: nor do I 

 think it polTible in our climate ever to guard againft 

 this accident with certainty *, where broad clover alone 

 is fown; fo that I fhould think it imprudent in any 

 one, in almoft any circumftances, to rely on that 

 fecond year's crop j I have therefore ever held it as a 

 tnaxim, that if a man is to depend on red clover 

 alone, he never fhould think of taking above onp 

 year's crop of it j but if he does refolve to have two 

 year's crops of grafs, he may always eafily infure 

 that, and frequently have them of red clover, though 

 not with certainty, if alone. 



The rule I have ever followed to guard againft 

 every accident of this fort, is, to fow along with the 

 red clover a confiderable proportion of the white 

 or Dutch clover, and fome grafs. If the broad 

 clover flourifhes, thefe do not retard its growth, and 

 only tend to thicken it; and if it fhould fail, which 

 it fometimes will do in fpite of every precaution, 

 thefe plants fill the ground, and produce an abun- 

 dant crop of herbage, which affords a greater 

 weight and finer hay, than broad clover alone: 

 though they do not anfwer quite fo well for cutting 

 for green forage. 



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