44 C ulircatlon of Arabic Lund. J?j/i% Application and Ufts of. 



and on thofe of a better uality the produce is rarely more than from two to three 

 quarters on the acre. But in the north riding of Yorkfhirc, it is flated by the able 

 author of the Agricultural Report of that diftrict, to amount to from three to fix 

 quarters. 



When this fort of grain is free from weeds, and cut when the weather is fine, 

 it may be fccurcd in the flack as fa ft as the rcaping proceeds. 



The ft raw of this grain is fuperior to that of wheat, both for the purpofe of 

 thatch, and for the ufe of the collar-makers. 



This is a kind of grain that is alfo cultivated in particular cafes, as where the 

 ground is fufficiently light and dry, to be turned down as a manure; when this 

 is the cafe, the crop fhould always be turned in while in its molt green and fuc- 

 culent ftate, and when the weather is moderately dry, in order that it may be 

 more quickly reduced by the procefs of putrefaction. 



It is fometimes the practice of farmers, when rye is intended to fland for a 

 crop, to feed it with flieep in the early fpring, as in the beginning of March; but 

 this mould never be done except where the crop is very luxuriant, and at fo early 

 a period as that there may not be any danger ofdeftroying the new-formed ear. 



In the fouthern part of the kingdom it is alfo often cultivated for the ufes of 

 thofe engaged in the bulinefs of tanning leather ; but more frequently as a green 

 food for fheep in the fpring, before the turnip crops are ready. When grown ia 

 this view, it is necefTary to have attention to different circumftances, in order to 

 derive the utmoft advantage from the crops. As this grain begins to fhoot out, 

 or fpindle, as it is termed by farmers, much earlier than wheat, care, as has been 

 juft obferved, mould be taken that the feeding of it down is begun at a fuffici 

 ently early period before the ear is formed in the hofe&amp;gt; as the latter end of Febru 

 ary or beginning of March; otherwifethe flem or blade becomes firm and Micky, 

 and the fucceflion of green feed, after the fTrfi: eating, extremely fmalL Indeed 

 this may be done earlier than the firfl of thefe periods, in cafes where the feafon 

 is mild and open, and perfevered in till the end of April. In all cafes it is, how 

 ever, advifable to let the crop be fo advanced in its growth as to cover the ground 

 tolerably before the fheep are turned in. As this fort of green food is faid to 

 have much effect in promoting the flow of milk in fuch ewes as have lambs, pro 

 bably from its fucculency, and its fHmulant properties being applied immediately 

 after the feverity of the winter feafon, when. the bodies of animals.are known to 

 be more capable of being excited by the action of flimuli, and when there is 

 jBcarcely any other fort of green feed that can leflen its operation by being taken 

 along with it, the culture of it mufl be the moll advantageous where fheep-huf~ 



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