330 Cultivation of Arabic Land. White Clover. Cow-Graft. Trefoil. 



of land, where they have been well drained from moiflure ; but on the more wet 

 and poorer forts of loamy and clayey lands, it is not by any means fo proper or 

 ufeful, as it is not lading, but gives place to plants of the aquatic kind, as well as 

 others of an indifferent defcription. It is fuppofed by fome not to afford fo fweet 

 an herbage as broad clover or many other plants : with us it has, however, always 

 been eagerly fed upon both by fhcep and neat cattle; and where clofely fed down, 

 we have little doubt of its great utility. That which comes up naturally by the 

 application of manure is faid to be much more hardy than that which is fown, as 

 well as more lading in the foil.* It has been juftly remarked as a proof of good 

 land, that it runs quickly, of its own accord, to this plant.t It may be intro 

 duced with moft forts of feeds, and contribute greatly to the fuccefs of the 

 cultivator. 



Mr. Salilbury thinks this an extremely ufeful plant, which makes good paftu rage 

 and hay, but which thrives only in a loamy foil. It is frequently found wild in 

 wafte lands where the foil is good ; and, in fact, he confiders it as a juft criterion 

 to judge of the fertility of a foil by. 



In Suffolk and EfTex, according to the account of a late writer, it has been 

 lately cultivated alone for feed with great advantage, affording according to the 

 difference of price from feven pounds to fifteen pounds the acre ; the firfl crop in 

 this cafe being feeded which is contrary to the practice with red clover. Some, 

 however take a fpring feeding firfl. 



Cow- Graf . !*. This is ufually known to farmers, under the title of Marl Grafs. 

 It is faid to be a more lading plant than the common red clover. On clayey foils 

 and loamy ones of the ftrongcr kind, it is found to fucceed to the greateft cer- 

 rainty. And its cultivation his been attempted on thofe of the fandy defcription, 

 with fuch fuccefs as to afford good crops. [| The feed can always be procured 

 with facility. 



It is faid to fucceed well on all the heavier forts of foil, and to be of great utility 

 when fown with other graffes, where the lands are to remain in the (late ofgrafs.fr 

 Ir is recommended to be fown on the flone-bralh lands, in large proportions, with 

 other forts of clover, by an intelligent cultivator.** 



TrefoiL~\-\ This is another plant which is capable of fucceeding on foils of different 

 kinds. It may be objected to as being only a biennial; but as it annually flieds 



* Goring in Communications, &c. vol. III. + Young in Communications, &c. 



+ TnJi-Uum medium. Young in Communications, c. 



Corrected Report of JUncoinftiire, U Sir John Sinclair in Communications, &e. **Jb uh 



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