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beginning of May." Pease were then to be sown, the 

 object being to manure the field, and when they came 

 to be in full bloom, they were to be pressed flat to 

 the ground with a roller, or in absence of such an 

 implement, with harrows thrown upon their backs, or 

 " an old door may be used." The land was then to be 

 twice ploughed, and sown out with twelve pounds of 

 clover and two bushels of ryegrass seeds to an acre. 



