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tection. The value of the barley or oats is another 

 object, and not to be forgotten. It is also gained 

 in the first year's growth of the lucerne, which is 

 very poorly productive, even if no corn be sown, 

 so that I must own myself clearly an advocate for 

 drilling it among corn, either between the rows of 

 nine inch barley, or across drilled barley, at a foot ; 

 perhaps the latter the best method, as there is i< 

 probability of the crop being laid, to the damage of 

 the lucerne. The quantity of seed-corn should 

 also be small, proportioned to the richness of the 

 land ; from one bushel to a bushel and half, ac- 

 cording to the fertility of the soil ; another security 

 against the mischief of lodging. If these precau- 

 tions arc taken, it would be presumptuous to say- 

 that success must follow, that being always, and 

 in all things, in other hands than ours ; seed may 

 prove bad, the. fly may cat, and drought prevent 

 vegetation, but, barring such circumstances, the 

 young fanner may re>t satisfied that he has done 

 what can be done : and if he does succeed., the ad- 

 vantage will be unquestionable. 

 SAIMOiX. 



There are parts of this kingdom, in which the 

 farmers could not pay their rents without the use 

 of this gr,;. On dry lime- ;id chalky soils, 



or on any land . ;y dry and sound, it will 



thrive to extraordinary profit. It IIKI .fely 



sown in April. The land should be clean, and free 

 from weeds and the seeds of w<r<l->; and this is the 

 principal circumstance to be attended to. It 



should 



