Cultivation of Arabic Land. Everlafling Pea Chicory. 



The Everlafting Pea (Lathyrus latifoUus] is alfo a plant which, from its large 

 growth and foliage, might afford large fupplies of green food, or of hay. A gen 

 tleman of much experience lately allured me that cattle eat it with great avidity, 

 and that it is highly nutritious ; and it has been long ago fuggefted as capable of 

 being cultivated with advantage for thefe ufes by Dr. Anderfon. 



We with to draw the attention of the farmer more particularly to plants of this 

 kind, as they are not only in general extremely productive in refpect to quantity of 

 food, but, in all the trials which we have been enabled to make upon them, very 

 nutritious and fattening. And, in addition, they have moftly the very definable 

 property of being eagerly fed upon by moft forts of live ftock. It is not to be 

 haftily fuppofed, from their appearing of a coarfe nature, that they may not be of 

 advantage even in paftures,as it is now well known that clofe and judicious feeding 

 &amp;lt;:an effect much in rendering the coarfeft kinds of herbage more fine and grafly. 



Chicory.* This is a herbaceous plant of the fucculcnt perennial kind, that has 

 been lately introduced into cultivation for the purpofe of affording green food for 

 the fummer fupport of different forts of live ftock. It fecms to have been firft 

 fully brought to the notice of agricultors by the experiments and obfervations of 

 Mr. &quot;Young., -detailed in his very ufeful work, the Annals of Agriculture. The 

 plant is, however, fuppofed by Profeffor T. Martyn, in his edition of Miller * 

 Dictionary, to be a highly improved variety of common fuccory j as in its wild 

 itatethat plant is dry, hard, and without much fucculence. It is capable of be 

 ing grown on moft of the loamy defcriptions of foils, and even in fome of the 

 more light braihy forts of lands, and other poorer kinds, but fucceeds the moft 

 perfectly in fuch as are not too much retentive of moifture. The former of the 

 above writers fays, that it affords a large fupply of fheep food on poor blowing 

 fands ; and that with a portion of cock s-foot grafs and burner, it will form a layer 

 for five or fix years, better than that from trefoil, white clover, and ray-grafs. It 

 alfo thrives to much profit on fenny, boggy, and peaty lands. And where clover 

 is worn out, it likewife anfwers well. 



In refpect to the preparation of the foil, it is probably lefs particular than many 

 other fimilar plants, but anfwers in the beft manner where the land is in a tolera 

 ble ftate of fertility, and has been rendered in fome degree fine and mellow. When 

 it is put in with other forts of crops the fame kind of preparation muft be employ 

 ed, but when fown alone the ground mould be rendered fine by two or more 



* Cichorium Intybus. It is likewife known by the title of Wild Succory. 



