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goodncfs of the feed, which may be bed judged 

 of by the following marks : — The hufk being of 

 a bright colour, the kernel plump, of a grey or 

 blueifh colour without, and, if cut acrofs, greenifh 

 and frefh withiniide. If it be thin and furrowed, 

 and of a yellowifh caft, it will feldom grow. When 

 the plants (land fingle, and have room to fpread, 

 they produce the greateft quantity of herbage, and 

 the feed ripens beft. 



But farmers in general, from a miftaken notion 

 of ail that appears tp be wade ground being un* 

 profitable, plant them fo clofe, that they choak 

 and impoverifh each other, and often die in a few 

 years. Single plants run deepeft and draw mod 

 nourifhmentj they are alfo eafieft kept free from 

 weeds. A fingle plant will often produce half a 

 pound of hay when dry. On rich land this plant 

 will yield two good crops in a year, with a mode- 

 rate (hare of culture. A good crop mull not be 

 cxpedled the firft year, but if the plants (land not 

 too thick, they will increafe in fee the fecond 

 year prodigioufly. 



No cattle fhould be turned on the field the firft 

 winter after the corn is off with which it was fown, 

 as their feet would injure the young plants. Shetp 

 fliould not come on the following fummer, be- 



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