CULTURE OF ARTIFICIAL GRASSES. I0| 



rate of about eight or ten pecks to the acre, broad cast,-or a- 

 bout half that proportion for the drill. Each kind is o-ood for 

 feeding cattle of every description, particularly the winter tare 

 Which in Great Britain, comes into use just as the turnip crop 

 , IS exhausted. This plant is not proper for making into hay be- 

 ing greatly injured by wet weather, and requiring more than 

 common pains to dry it. The seeds of the different kinds must 

 be carefully kept apart, as they cannot be distinguished from 

 each other. 



The BROAD LEAVED VEICH, Or EVERLASTING TARE, [LotU' 



pus Lahfohus,) was long since recommended by Dr. Anderson 

 as promising to afford large crops of hay and grass. It is eat- 

 en eagerly by cattle, and often grows to the height of twelve 

 feet. 



The TUFTED VEICH, or TARE, {Vicia Erracca,) attains con- 

 ^ f ^u "^^^"^' ^^^ produces abundance of leaves. This sort 

 and the wood vitch, ( Vicia Eracca) attains considerable heio-ht 

 and produces abundance of leaves. This sort and the wSod 

 vitch, [vicia sylvahca,) whieh rises from two to four feet high 

 are said to restore weak or starved cattle sooner than anv oth- 

 er vegetable known. ^ 



The STRANGE VEICH, (/.a%rotc?€5,) has been strongly re- 

 foo"d'for''fhe '^°'^'^' ""^ ^^'^''^'"^ ^ ^^"^^^ ^"^ agreeable 



Clovers. Of these the following are the most valuable 

 which are known and cultivated. 



Trefoil, or common red clover, [Trifolium Praiense,) 

 which IS commonly cultivated in the United States. It ffrows 

 well on all dry soils. About ten or twelve pounds of seed are 

 requisite for an acre. It is generally sown in this country with 

 barley, oats, or spring v^heat, when that article is raised, or it 

 may be sown with winter wheat in the fall, if the land be dry 

 and warmly exposed ; or in the spring when it should be light- 

 ly bushed or harrowed in. It is peculiarly excellent for form- 

 ing a lay for a crop of wheat ; which may be sown to great ad- 

 vantage on the clover sward, when properly turned under * 



Ail kinds of cattle feed and thrive well on it, either in pas- 

 tures, when soiled on it, or when fed on the hay. 



It is said also, that it will keep swine well through the winter > 

 thrm ^ ' ^^^^^ ^"^' ^""^ ^^^^^ foiled, before it is given ' 



Red perennial clover, or cow GiiAUs,(Trifoliu7n Medi- 

 um,) is cultivated m Great Britain, in aJmost every kind of good 



* See essay on wheat, and rotation of crop*. 

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