366 Cultivation of Arable Land. Red Clover After-management of. 



placing a quill in the orifice to difchargc the confined air, has likewife been prac- 

 tifed with fuccefs ; but it never fhould be attempted by unfkilful perfons. The ufe 

 of long flexible tubes has alfo afforded great relief, by being introduced down the 

 gullet into the ftomach, and in that way drawing off the diftending gas. This 

 method is probably the moft fafe and effectual, though troublefome in the applica 

 tion.* There is another remedy which we have found ufeful in removing this 

 malady in its more early ftage, which is that of a very ftrong folution of prepared 

 ammonia in water. By this means the confined air is in fome meafure difcharged 

 from the ftomach, and almoft immediate relief afforded. 



Whatever remedy is employed, it mould be applied on the firft attack of the dif- 

 order, or as foon as the animal is perceived to beuneafy, as there is never any time 

 to be loft, the diftenlion proceeds with fuch rapidity. 



It is evident, from what has been faid on this plant, that it muft be of vaft ad 

 vantage to have a fufficient extent of it where much flock is to be kept, as it has 

 been found, as pafture, to far exceed moft forts of natural grafs in the fupport of 

 animals, f 



The chief difad vantage of this almoft invaluable plant is that of the fhortnefs of 

 its continuing in the lands, efpecially thofe of the lighter and more free kinds. It 

 is afferted by fome not to Jaft longer than two years, except on grounds that are 

 perfectly frej/j ; and in fome cafes where it has been often repeated not more than 

 one. In fome of the fouthern diftricts, it is, however, found more durable on the 

 calcareous foils, efpecially when not frequently repeated on the fame land, from 

 its being better able to contend with weeds in its natural ftate of growth. [ Thefe 

 facts fhow the neceflity of keeping it as far diftant as poffible in the courfes of 

 cropping, efpecially on all the more light friable forts of foil, and the fuperior ad 

 vantages of cultivating it on thofe of the calcareous kind. 



It is probable that its duration may be confiderably prolonged by preventing the 

 plants from mooting up to feed-ftems as much as pofTible, either by keeping them 

 cut by the fcythe, or by feeding them down by ftock in a moderate degree ; as in 

 thefe ways they will be prevented from being fo foon exhaufted in their roots, as 

 happens in many other forts of plants, as foon as they have perfected their feeds. 

 The frofty nights and hot dry days in the more early fpring months, as well as the 



* Tubes for this purpofe are fold in London. 

 + Modern Agriculture, vol.11. + Kent s Hints. 



f Rural Economy of Southern Counties. 

 Corrt:fted Report of Perthshire ; and Rural Economy of Southern Counties, vol. 1. 



