VEGETABLES. 



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lieved that it will not be so nutritious. If cut la- 

 ter, the stem will become hardened and it will lose 

 its substance. 



For hogs and stock that are young, clover may 

 be cut so soon as in full bloom ; of which they are 

 excessively fond. They might I think be wintered 

 on it. 



When the farmer can do it, he will find it advanta- 

 geous to provide himself with long narrow sheds, 

 open all round for the preservation of hay of all 

 kinds. Under these sheds, let the hay be put down 

 in layers as mentioned above. By this mode you 

 will be able to preserve your hay in a much better 

 manner than in cocks or stacks. As yet there are 

 few persons in this country sufficiently expert in the 

 art as to insure its preservation without narrow sheds. 

 All farmers who have no sheds or barns, should cap 

 the top of their stacks of clover with some other 

 kind of hay, which will insure its preservation. 



ON THE 



CULTIVATION OF V E GETABLES. 



The ground which you intend for a Truck Patch 

 the next Spring, if not in clover the present Fall, 

 should be covered with some kind of hay or leaves 

 from the woods, and brush. The brush is to prevent 



