t2o^. On the Prcpagation of Percntiial Ry -Grafs. gcf 



could not difprove it, a nonfuit would be the neccfi'.iry confe- 

 quence. * Influenced by Mr Erfkim 's advice, th'^ trial was put 

 off, and, as already ftated by Arator, when Mr M- ikJe's fricndti 

 feriouily reflet^ed upon the fliortnels <it the paiei.L-rij^ht (three 

 years of it only then remained), and tiie trouble r 'quired to en- 

 force it, they unanimoufly agreed to relinquiih tlie profecution. 

 For the corredlnefs of this ilatement, we can appe.ii to the 

 Counfel a ul A<jents employed, and alfo to feveral other gentle- 

 men who were prefent at the meeting when the nature and 

 eixtent of the evidence was difcuiled. 



Entertaining an idea that Arator will not neglecEl to do the 

 needful, we pafs over the other parts of A. G.'s icttLi. The 

 fubjecfl of thrafliing machines is of much importance, and the 

 public muft be benefited by fuch inveftigations. 



N. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMERS MAGAZINE. 



Account of the Dfcovery and Propagation of Perenniui Rye-Grafs in 

 the Upper Ward of Clydefdale. 



Sir, 



Considering your Magazine as an ufeful repofitory for re- 

 cording the hiftory of agricultural inventions and difcoveries, I 

 fend you the following account of the difcovery and propagation 

 oi funding or perennial rye-grafs in the Upper Ward of Clydef- 

 dale and county of Tweeddale. 



I ought previoufly to obferve, that the practice of Improved 

 hufbandry by turnip fallow and artificial ^raffes, is (as to adop- 

 tion into general praftice) of not above twenty years flanding 

 in thefe bounds. I ought to obferve alfo, that for a confiderable 

 period after its general adoption, and even Hill (as to the more 

 general pra£l:ice) it is confined to the old croft-land^ or land con- 

 tiguous to the farm onftead, which, from time immemorial, in 

 p^rfuance of the old fyftem, was in ufe to receive all the dung 

 from the cattle houfed through winter, under the three-fluft ro- 

 tation of heer, oats^ peas ; a four-fhift rotation of turnip falloivy 

 beer with grafs feeds y hay, oats^ being fubllituted in place of that 

 of three ; and the outfield continuing ftill to be treated as before, 

 in being ploughed up from lea, after dunging by cattle folded 

 upon it in fummer, and then fubje6ted to oat crops (with fome- 

 times the intervention of a penultimate crop of peas) till er- 

 haufted, and then left to gather grafs fward as it might. 



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