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that It may root well^/e: they may mow it in the hrli Yejr, but it's not 

 fo well , it holds gooci .or {even Years, and it commonly bears four Loads, 

 or more, on an Acre^ after feven If ears fow it vci-h Corn, till it be out of 

 Hearf, and then fow i wth St. Foin -^s before, for it does not impover'fh 

 Land as other Animil Plants do, but enriches it, wberi the Roots are 

 turned up by the Flew : I have feen it thrive well in Erj^lavd tn Chalky- 

 Banks, where noihirg elfe wouM grow, and fuch dry barren Grourd is 

 fitteft for it, (as moit rich Land is fit for Clover Grafs, and Great Trefoil) 

 tho' St. Foin will grow well on ail Lands, efpecially if dry Grounds, for 

 wet Land foon coriupts its Root : So Clover thrives almolt in all forts of 

 Ground, unlefs veiy (fony or very .wet Land; bur 'tis moft proper for a 

 mixt Land, fuch ai partakes of Sand, and fomething a fatter Glebe : The 

 fame manure, or cYefling that ferves for Barley ftrves likewile for Clover, 

 which will hold good Three Ye.?rs, and make Ground of Two Shillings 

 an Acre worth Two Pounds ^ this fort of Grafs may be mowed twice a 

 Year •, the firft Crop for Hav, and I'econd Cut for Seed, about the middle 

 of Septe?n,her^ wfen theBlolToms are fully withered, for it mult lye wither- 

 ing on the Groind for feme time, and be Hous'd very, dry, which is fome- 

 thing difficult, by reafon of the long Dews and declining Sun at his fea- 

 fon of the Year. This Clover is txceilent to feed Cattle, fatten Pigs and 

 Sheep ^ and obferve when you lurn in Carrie, let it be when they are 

 full, leaff they eat till they burft j it's ib exceeding lufcious when Clover 

 is worn out, which is in Three Years, the Ground will quickly come 

 to a GralTy Turf ^ fo that I rake it ro be abfolutely nectfTjry for 

 all that lays down his ground for Pafturage, to leave it with Clover. 

 This fort of [mprovement is much ptLjftifed in Hereford Jim e^ JforJ}er[ 

 and Goccfter-fiire-, and after f^me interval of time, it may be' renewed 

 again upon ihe fime Ground, and fo on, the Soil being liiit duly drefs'd 

 and prepar'd lor Corn. Rut to return to St. Foin, as I told. you, you muft 

 firff fit the Ground and kill the Grafs, Plants, t^c. idly, Not to be fparing 

 of Seed. jJ/y, You muff expe8: but feven Years Crop, and then Plow it 

 up and fow it again with the fame Seed, or other Grain. 4?/;/;, Let not 

 your Sheep or Cattle bite them the firft Year, "ytbly^ Your belt way is to 

 make your Ground fine as when you fow Barley, and harrow it even, and 

 then fow thefe Seeds in alone, without any other Grain, as Gardiners do 

 Peafe, but nor ar fo great a diltance, but let your range be about a Foot 

 diftanr, and the'il grow like Rows of Green Peafe, efpecially if you draw 

 the Plow thro' them, once or twice that Summer, to deftroy Weeds and 

 Grafs i and it you do thus, Clover and other Seeds may be mowed twice 

 the firft Year. La Lucem, not inferior to Sc Foi% but rather better for 

 dry barren Lands, may be managed as St Fain. La Lucem they fow 14 

 Pound on an Acre, about the middle of April. Clover Ten Pound is- 

 allowed to an Acre, fometimes Twelve Pound. Its time of fowing is, 



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