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which abound with poor land, to which this plant 

 II better adapted than many others. 



The ^cultivation of this grafs is attended with 

 one principal advantage, bcfidcs that of not re- 

 quiring a rich foil; which is, that it proves an 

 c\ beD cut winter pafture when hardly any thing 

 die vegetates. 



I might indeed mention feveral others; touit, 

 It makes good butter. It never blows or fwclls 

 cattle. It is fine pafturage for fheep; and will 

 flouriih well on poor, light, fandy, or ftony foils, 

 or even on dry chalk hills. 



The cultivation of it is neither hazardous nor 

 expenfivc. If the land be prepared as is gene- 

 rally done for turnips, there is no danger of its 

 failing. After the firft year, it will be attended 

 with very little expence, as the Hat circular fpread 

 of its leaves will keep down, or prevent the growth 

 of wetfds. 



On the failure of turnips, either from the fly, 

 or the black worm, fome of our farmers have 

 fown the land with Burnet, and in March follow- 

 ing had a fine pafture for fheep and lambs. 



It 



