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\vhich must now be ron side-red under the several 

 heads. 1 . Of* the utility of the crop, which should 

 induce a young farmer to enter freely on the cul- 

 ture. 2. The soil to be chosen. 3. The prepara- 

 tion. 4. The mode of sowing. 5. The quantity 

 of seed. 6. With or without corn. 



1. It is an object: of such consequence to those 

 who have a proper soil for it, that it does not ad- 

 mit of doubt or question ; but, if a beginner in 

 husbandry has apprehensions, let him mount his 

 horse, and travel near the coast of the Thames, and 

 sea, from Dartford to the limits of Hampshire, 

 and he will hear of lucerne all the way, and see 

 much of it. The principal, and probably the best 

 use, to which it can be applied, is that of soiling 

 all the horses on the farm ; next, to soiling cows, 

 young cattle, and fatting beasts, soiling hogs, and, 

 lastly, making hay. These are objects of such con- 

 sequence, that they ought to be provided for ; the 

 last, however, in proportion to the meadow-grounds 

 of a farm, and to the sainfoin which may be on it. 

 Where these abound, lucerne for hay is the less 

 necessary. The importance of a general system of 

 soiling can never be impressed too frequently. 

 The repetition and influence of the benefit pervades 

 every crop on the farm. Inasmuch as. dung is im- 

 portant, this practice is so. Dung, without it, is 

 rnade during half the year ; with it, through the 

 whole, and he only who knows the immense con- 

 eequence of raising dung, can duly appreciate the 

 necessity of soiling. 



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