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oats, or Spring-wheat, when that article is raised; or U 

 may be sown with Winter-wheat in the Fall, if the land be 

 dry and warmly exposed ; or in the Spring, when it should 

 be lightly brushed or harrowed in. 



The product of this grass, when well manured, may be 

 four ions to an acre, at two mowings. It is peculiarly ex- 

 celent for forming a lay for a crop of wheat; which may be 

 sown to great advantage on the clover-sward, when proper- 

 ly turned under. All kinds of cattle feed and thrive well 

 on it, either in pastures, when soiled on it, or when fed on 

 the hay. For feeding Swine with the hay, however, it 

 should be well saved, early cut, and steamboiled before it 

 is given them, and in this way it will keep them in good 

 condition through Winter. 

 See SWINE 



RED PERENNIAL-CLOVER, or COWGRASS (Trifolium Me- 

 dium) is cultivated in Greatbritain, in almost every kind 

 of good upland soil, even in heavy clay-lands It is to be 

 sowed in the Spring with oats, barley, &c. It is also usual 

 to sow it there, as well as the common red-clover, with 

 the crop of flax. It rarely succeeds when sown by itself. 

 It produces abundance of seeds, which are easily col- 

 lected. 



HOP-CLOVER (Trifolium Procumbens) grows naturally in 

 Greatbritain, in dry meadows and pastures. It is recom- 

 mended by Mr. Amos for laying down land to grass, by 

 mixing it with the clover last mentioned, and the 



WHITE-CLOVER (Trifolium Rejiens.) This grass grows 

 spontaneously on dry uplands in this State, after they have 

 been manured with gypsum, or with bog-marie, Sec. It is 

 a very sweet grass for pasture or hay ; but not very pro- 

 ductive. It is generally short-lived ; but may be made to 

 last longer, by passing a roller over it; for, where the 

 stalks come in close contact with the ground, new roots 

 will start and descend into it. It is cultivated in Great- 

 britain for Sheep pastures and for other uses. It is most 

 useful in mixing with other grasses, for the purpose of 

 thickening the growth at the bottom, and thus increasing 

 the product. 



After having said thus much of each particular kind of 

 grass, something remains to be said of them in general. 



It may firstly be observed, that in laying down lands to 

 grass, of every kind, the work should be done effectually. 

 The ground should be made mellow and fine ; the seed 

 should be clean and good, and sowed evenly and plenti- 

 fully, and lightly covered, and the ground made perfectly- 

 smooth, particularly where it ?s intended for mowing or 

 soiling. 



