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the ground before, or by Midfummer, rye fhould 

 then take place, to be fpring fed with llieep ; and 

 fucceeded by turnips; «ind then with oats, laid down 

 with clover, or fainfoin; to remain as long as the 

 layer continues good, but the longer it is the better 

 for the land, as fuch a foil is far better adapted to 

 the maintenance of flieep, than it ever can be by 

 being turned over to a ftate of tillage. 



The great advantage of fainfoin is here obvious 

 at firfl; view, if on a medium the prefent rent of this 

 land, in its uncultivated ftate, fall flaort of is. 6d. 

 per acre. Wherever the land fliall be laid down to 

 fainfoin, after two turnip crops, or a crop of rye 

 and another of turnips, in order to prepare, meli- 

 orate, and clear it, all expences will be paid by the 

 two preceding crops and the fainfoinj and after this 

 thorough preparation, which gives time to clear the 

 land, and enriches it with the manure arifmg from the 

 flieep, the fainfoin will then lafl: good i o years, and 

 be worth from 15 to 25 rents, without the expence 

 of tillage; and for the next four years may be fairly 

 valued at ten rents per year. It fliould not be fed 

 after it is mown before Michaelmas, when it will 

 aiFord a great plenty of grafs till Chrillmas: it muft 

 then be laid by for the fcythe. It is the beft food for 

 lambs at that time of the year, that can pofllbly be 

 given, being fure to preferve them in a good habit 

 of body — thev are particularly fond of it. It is 

 equally acceptable to horfes, and no hay in the world 



can 



