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by which poaching, that deftruftion to rich meadow 

 ground, is avoided; and laftly, by cutting in proper 

 time. This is one principal object of attention, becaufe, 

 as I have already obferved, the hay is of fuperior qua- 

 lity> the after-grafs can be fed without injury to the 

 ground, whilft it is dry, as it generally is at the begin- 

 ning of autumn, and the feeds of the coarfer grafles, 

 which ripen late, are hereby deflroyed. 



SECT. 2. Artificial GraJJes. 



THE grafles generally made ufe of, for laying down 

 land for mowing or pafturc, are the red clover (trifo- 

 lium pratenfe), white clover (trifolium repens), trefoil 

 (medicago lupulina), rye grafs (lolium perenne), white 

 grafs (holcus mollis), likewife hay-feeds of different 

 kinds, promifcuoufly gathered from the towns, in the 

 choice of which not much care is beftowed. In the 

 north part of the barony of Ards, and in the adjoining 

 parts of the barony of Caftlereagh, where the foil is 

 clay, and where red clover has not yet fucceeded, rye 

 grafs and white grafs are fown, and attended tc with 

 great care, both for meadow, pafture, and for foiling 

 in the houfe ; in the latter cafe, a mixture of the 

 two is fuppcfed to make the feed more plentiful, as 

 -well" as more grateful to the cattle.* Many perfons 

 have an idea, that fowing grafs fe.eds, although more 



productive 



