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on which account it is probably to be preferred for the purpofc of feeding 

 animals to the above forts. 



The blue oat is only cultivated in particular diftricts. It is fuggefted in Mil 

 ler s Dictionary as the fort known to farmers under the title of Scotch Greys. 



The naked oat is a kind that is but little cultivated, except in particular 

 places. It has however, the property of threfhing clean out of the hulk. This 

 fort has not, according to Ray, a hard hufk as in the common oat, but feverai 

 thin chaffy coats. The grain is alfo fmaller, but fuller in the body, and inclining 

 to a tawny colour. It may be cultivated on the poorer forts of land. 



The Poland oat has a fhort full-bodied grain ; but it has yet been little intro 

 duced into cultivation, probably on account of the thicknefs of its fkin or rind. 

 The ftraw is fhort, the grain fet fingle, and without awns. 



The Friefland oat has a thin-lkinned grain, and a large proportion of ftraw. 

 The corns are for the moft part double, the larger, of which is in fome cafes 

 awned, the awn being fituated high. It is moft fuitable for the better forts of 

 land. It is known in fome diftricts by the title of the Dutch oat. 



In the Siberian or Tartarian oat the grains are thin and fmall, the largeft of 

 which are awned, but the fmall ones without awns. The ftraw is tall and 

 reedy, on which account it is improper for the purpofe of fodder for cattle. It 

 may however be grown on the poorer forts of foil. 



The TLfCexfaort Smalls ; fo named from its remarkable fhortnefs. It is very 

 weighty, and fucceeds well on all moderately dry lands. 



Cburche s oat is a white fort that affords well, and comes into ear the fooneft 

 of any. 



The Potatoe oat has lately been much cultivated in the more northern parts 

 of the ifland, and is faid to be productive and afford much meal. 



This fort of grain is hardy, and may be cultivated upon almoft any kind of 

 foil ; but, as in others, it is the moft productive on fuch as are ftrong, rich, and 

 rather adhefive, and which have not been long broken up from the ftate of old 

 grafs. It is however probably better to cultivate peas or beans according to the 

 nature of the land on newly broken up old lays than oats, except where the 

 practice of paring and burning has been had recourfe to. It is fuggefted, that 

 though this fort of grain generally fells lower than barley, yet from its being a 

 more certain crop, the fuperior utility of the ftraw for the food of cattle, 

 and the increafe in the quantity of produce, it is equal to barley for medium 

 loams. And that for ftronger forts of lands, and thofe of the fen kind, it is great-. 



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