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caufe they would bite off the crown of the plant;, 

 and prevent their lhooting again. A fmall quan- 

 tity of foaper's afhes as a top-drcfling will be of 

 great fervicc, if laid on the firft winter. 



If the fainfoin be cut juft before it comes into 

 bloom, it is admirable food for horned cattle; and 

 if cut thus early, it will yield a fecond crop the 

 fame feafon. Bur if it prove a wet feafon, it is 

 better to let it (land till its bloom be perfected; 

 for great care mult be taken, in making it into 

 hay, that the flowers do not drop off, as cows are 

 very fond of them; and it requires more time 

 than other hay in drying. 



Sainfoin is fo excellent a fodder for horfes, that 

 they require no oats while they eat it, altho' they 

 be worked hard all the time. Sheep will alfo be 

 fattened with it fader than with any other food. 



If the whole feafon for cutting prove very rainy, 

 it is better to let the crop ftand for feed, as that 

 will amply repay thelofsof the hay; becaufe it will 

 not only fetch a good price, but a peck of it will 

 go as far as a peck and a half of oats for horfes. 



The beft time of cutting the feeded fainfoin 

 is, when the grcateft part of the feed is well filled, 



the 



