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the fruit partly ripe, and then she pulled 

 up or cut and cured the haulm or vines, 

 with the pods on, and these were stacked 

 or stored and given to milch-cows in the 

 course of the winter ; and they were pre- 

 ferable, she added, to other food, for in- 

 creasing the quantity of milk and butter, 

 and for improving their quality. 



Sowing Wheat on Clover. 

 The language of English farmers on this 

 head is, that wheat on clover is to be sown 

 on " one earth" one ploughing. To con- 

 form to this idea, I conducted this business, 

 on fifteen acres, in this mann-er 1 : 



1 . The clover, having been cut once and 

 then pastured, was turned in deep, 

 by a plough. 



2. The wheat was sown, broadcast. 



3. The harrow followed twice, in the 

 same direction in which the clover 

 was ploughed in. 



4. The sown wheat was then rolled. 

 The crop stood well, and yielded satis- 



