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namely between the first and second cuts of the various clovers 

 and when the freshness of the first young grass is a bit worn off. 

 In most cases where a farmer has sufficient pasture-land for his 

 stock, he will divide same in several enclosures, in order to have 

 these not only grazed off clearly by his stock placed thereon; but 

 also to send them on another fresh enclosure which had not yet 

 been stocked. Doing so, the flock will find from time to time 

 entirely fresh young fodder, and the section grazed off will have 

 time and rest to be recovered with new grass and be fresh and 

 nice again when it is to be re-stocked. 



Now, in such cases where a farmer has no superfluous pasture- 

 land giving him an opportunity of sending his stock from one 

 enclosure to another and is desirous of giving his pasture a 

 certain rest, s p u r r y comes in very handy indeed for dairy 

 cattle in regions consisting of lighter soils, where Red- and Lucerne 

 clovers won't do; the more so as it is a fodder of great nutritive 

 value and very much liked by all sorts of cattle which eat it with 

 eagerness in its green state. Especially for dairy cattle it is a 

 magnificent thing, as it is not only conducive to a large increase 

 of the quantity, but in a larger degree even to the improvement 

 of the milk, which is greatly enriched by it and obtains thereby 

 a very fine taste. 



The butter also made of spurry-cream is noted for its nice 

 flavour, and certain farmers in Holland make it a specialty to feed 

 at the right time their cattle on spurry only and sell their butter 

 as spurry-butter, thus fetching a higher price for their produce 

 for the time being. 



Sown in spring it makes its appearance very soon indeed and gives, 

 as said before, its yield between the first and second cuts of clover. 



We would scarcely know which of the two varieties : S p e r g u 1 a 

 a r v e n s i s (Ordinary Spurry) orSpergula maxima (Giant- 

 Spurry) to recommend as the better of the two. It is true that 

 the G/a/rt-Spurry produces a far larger crop; but the greater nutri- 

 tive value of the Ordinary Spurry fully weighs out its deficiency 

 in bulk. And it is furthermore generally admitted, that the cattle 

 themselves do like the ordinary variety better than the taller- 

 growing species. 



Spurry has no other connection with grasses except that it 

 serves as fodder in their place during periods where for reasons 

 explained above, the cattle cannot well feed on grasses. They are 

 never sown together. 



