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white tlover (trifolium repenx) has been in full blow, 

 and in particular abundance, he has heard the loudest 

 complaints of the licentious disposition of the cheese. 

 It is not probable that any one species of plants 

 is the sole cause of the disorder. Almost every 

 cheese has its peculiar flavor, and its different de- 

 gree of acrimony. Nothing is more likely to give that 

 almost caustic quality which some cheeses are pos- 

 sessed of, than the common and bulbous crowfoots : 

 not only their flowers, but their leaves, are singu- 

 larly acrid. On the other hand, there are several 

 circumstances which render it probable that a re- 

 dundancy of the creeping trefoil tends to aggravate 

 the disorder. Dry seasons, by keeping the grass 

 short, give it an opportunity of spreading. Ma- 

 nure is well known to encourage it ; sometimes in 

 a singular manner. Sheep- feeding pasture grounds 

 produce a similar effect, partly owing perhaps to 

 the blade grasses being kept short ; and in part to 

 the soil being meliorated by a fresh manure ; and it 

 has been observed that a suit of cow -grounds, 

 which have been occasionally fed hard with sheep, 

 are very difficult to make cheese from : while a few 

 sheep among cows may, by picking out the clover, 

 be serviceable to the dairy." Marshall. 



FARE AND BURN. 



The men employed in this business should be 

 kept steadily at work throughout the whole of this 

 month ; if heavy rains impede the drying and 

 burning, let it be remembered that the paring may 

 probably go on the better for it, so that whatever 



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