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 foine and efparcet are inferior to both. In 

 manuring clover, lie tried the following ex- 

 periments : 



1. Manured with 10 tons horfe-dung per acre 



2. 15 tons ditto 



3. 20 tons ditto 



4. jo tons fwines dung 



5. No manure. 



All of them were fet, the plants at one foot 

 fquare. The refill t, 



1. Produced 5 loads of hay per acre 



2. 6 loads ditto 



3. 7 loads ditto 



4. 5 loads ditto 



5. 4 loads ditto 



"which fhews, as he obfcrved, that, in exact 

 proportion as you manure for this grafs, in 

 fuch proportion will your produce be. 



He has found, by experiment, that, when 

 clover is mown green, and given to cattle, 

 that it feeds at the rate of five oxen or cows 

 per acre through the Summer; lucern will 

 not, in the fame manner, feed above four 

 and a half, and fiinfoine not four : and he 

 obferved, that by having alarge field of clover 

 cultivated upon his principles, the number 

 of cattle to be kept is very confiderable. 



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