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therefore fliould not be put on in the fprlng, until 

 the principal frofts are over, and vegetation hath 

 begun. The general time for fowing with us is in 

 April, May, June, July, Augud, and even as late 

 as September. Its effeds will generally appear in 

 ten or fifteen days; after which the growth of the 

 grafs will be fo great as to produce a large burden 

 at the end of fix weeks after fowing. 



" It mud be fown on dry land, not fubjedl to be 

 overflown. I have fown it on fand, loam and clay, 

 and it is difficult to fay on which it has beft an- 

 fwered, although the effedl is fooner vifible on fand. 

 It has been ufed as a manure in this State for up- 

 wards of twelve years. Its duration may, from the 

 beft information I can colle6l, be eftimated from 

 feven to twelve years ; for, like other manure, its 

 continuance very much depends on the nature of 

 the foil on which it is placed. 



*^ One of my neighbours fowed fome of his grafs 

 ground fix years ago; another four years ago 3 a 

 great part of my own farm was fown in May 1788. 

 We regularly mow two crops, and paflure in au- 

 tumn; no appearance of failure, the prefent crop 

 being full as good as any preceding. I have this 

 feafon mowed fifty acres of red clover, timothy 

 grafs, white clover, &c. which was plaiftered laft 



May, 



