354 Cultivation of Arable Land. Red Clover Seed, and Time, $c. tffowing* 



In refped: to preparation it is lefs nice than many ether herbaceous plants, 

 yet the finer the ftate of mould the land has been brought into, the more certainly 

 and the better it fuccceds. And as wheat is the grain crop that moftly follows clover, 

 it may in general be the mcft advantageous pra&ice to apply manure for the crop 

 \vith which it is grown, as by that means the ground will be in the mod Ratable 

 condition for that crop. It may be fown with any clean grain crop, but is found 

 to fucceed thebefl with barley after turnips, *wherc the nature of the foil will admit, 

 as land in that way is brought into the beft ftate of preparation for its reception. 



Seed. It is of much confequence in the raifing of crops of this fort to fow fuch 

 feed as is perfectly good, frefh, and well ripened; as from its being kept in the 

 fliops fora contiderable length of time much of it is frequently in a ftate unfit for 

 vegetating. That which is good has a bright appearance. Hides eafily in the hand, 

 fmells fweet, and has the purple coloured feeds greatly prevailing over thofe of a 

 yellow caft. 



The proportion of feed that is neceflary. muft vary according to the quality of 

 the land, the ftate of preparation to which it has been reduced, and that of its 

 fertility; as in rich lands almoft every feed grows, while in thofe of the contrary 

 defcription many of them fail in producing plants, efpecially in dry feafons, and a 

 great number of the plants are apt to die away after they have come up. It feems 

 not improbable but that both thefe inconveniences might in a great meafure be re 

 moved by having recourfe to ftceping the feed in fv,me liquid for a fhort time in 

 fuch feafons, before it is fown on fuch forts of land, as by this means it will be made 

 to vegetate in a more quick, regular, and vigorous manner, without remaining in 

 the foil in an inactive ftate till it becomes unfit for producing healthy plants. 



On the richer forts of foil that are clean from weeds, ten or twelve pounds may be 

 a fufticient quantity for the acre, while fixteen or eighteen pounds will not be too 

 much for thofe that are of a more ftiff quality, and poflcfs a lefs degree of fertility. 

 Where the la&amp;gt;id is to be converted to the purpofe of pafturage for two or more 

 years, it may alfo be advantageous to fow a larger proportion of feed than where 

 it is to be broken up in the following feafon. And where it is to be cut for hay 

 it is better to be fown rather thin, as the plants will be in lefs danger of being 

 drawn up weak. f 



Time and Method off owing. It may be put into the ground in any of the more 

 early fpring months with crops of fpringcorn, or fown over the young when: n-ops 

 at the fame feafon. When it is fown with oats, the moft common time of putting 



* Kent s Hints. t Corre&ed Report of the Weft Riding of Yorkshire, 



