MAY.] SAINFOIN. 25/ 



the preceding year should have been turnips fed on 

 the land by sheep, before the Christmas frosts ; the 

 field immediately ploughed, and laid by that plough- 

 ing ready for broad-casting or drilling. In March 

 it may have been scuffled on the surface, and at 

 the end of the month, or perhaps better the be- 

 ginning of April in a dry time, sown. This 

 may be done with or without corn ; if drilled, it 

 will be better alone ; if broad-cast with barley or 

 oats, under-seeded : but it may be drilled with 

 corn ; the corn first broad-cast, and then the lu- 

 cerne drilled among it ; or the corn may be drilled 

 in one direction, and the lucerne afterwards across 

 it. Not less than 12lb. an acre should be drilled, 

 and 20lb. sown broad-cast. It is apt to be eaten 

 by the fly, &c. ; if it escape that damage, all is 

 safe, and the farmer may be assured that his care 

 will be well repaid. No manuring at this period is 

 necessary : but to sow soot just as the young lu- 

 cerne is got above ground, may be beneficial 

 against the fly. In regard to proportioning the 

 quantity of land thus occupied to the stock in- 

 tended to be fed on it : a quarter of an acre per 

 head is sufficient for all sorts of large cattle, taken 

 one with another, if the land is very rich and good; 

 but on more moderate soils, half an acre per head 

 will be a proper allowance. It is much better to 

 have too much rather than too little. 



SAINFOIN. 



This grass may be sown with buck-wheat with 

 Success, if the soil be proper ; for hay, in countries 



s where 



