150 CHICORY. [MARCH. 



hoes, so that in this month nothing more may be 

 necessary than to scarify the land, and to drill the 

 seed at one foot equi-distant, at the rate of four I 

 pound of seed per acre. If half an acre be tried, 

 or even a rood, near the farm -yard, the advantage 

 will not be inconsiderable. 



CHICORY. 



This most hardy plant will do well whenever 

 sown. It is indigenous over the greater part of 

 the kingdom. There are several views with which 

 this grass may more particularly be cultivated. ' 

 1. On poor barren blowing sands, such as many 

 districts abound with, especially in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk, it will yield a greater quantity of sheep ; 

 food, than any other grass at present in cultiva- 

 tion. 2. On fen and bog-lands and peat soils, it 

 thrives to much profit. 3. On all land, whatever 

 the soil, on which clover, from having been too 

 often repeated, is apt to fail, chicory may be sub- 

 stituted to great advantage. 4. It does very well 

 for soiling cattle, both lean and fattening. 5. It 

 is of excellent use for those who keep large stocks 

 of swine. 6. It does exceedingly well in an alter- 

 nate system of grass and tillage, as it will last four, j 

 five, six, and even more years, but it should not 

 be sown with any view of making hay in this 

 climate, though it forms a considerable proportion j 

 of many of the best meadows in the South of 

 France and in Lombardy. Objections have been 

 raised to it, from its rising again after tillage, but: 

 these will be fully obviated when I mention the 



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