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vided it was cut in due time, just when the bloom is falling 

 from the rye-grass ; but, if allowed to ripen, he believes it 

 may be nearly as exhausting as a crop of grain. In short, 

 clover and rye-grass hay, if cut in due time, is a most nou- 

 rishing and wholesome food, either for cattle or horses, and 

 will keep good for several years, if properly stacked and 

 thatched. 



In regard to the value of clover and rye-grass, even at a 

 distance from large towns, Dr Young, near Stonehaven, in- 

 forms me, that the common price, when sold in very small 

 villages to cowfeeders, is from L. 10 to L. 12 per Scotch 

 acre, when milk is sold at 2 d. per Scotch pint. 



The cultivation of artificial grasses in Scotland, is al- 

 ready so generally known, and will be so fully detailed, in 

 the General Report now drawing up, of the Husbandry of 

 Scotland, that it does not seem necessary to dwell upon it 

 longer in this place. It is only necessary to add a maxim 

 regarding the culture of clover and rye-grass, that ought 

 never to be deviated from, namely, that they should never 

 be sown, but when the land is in the very best condition, 

 and, if possible, with the crop immediately after a summer- 

 fallow or after turnips. 



10. Miscellaneous Articles. It is evident, that in various 

 parts of an extensive kingdom, a number of articles must 

 be cultivated, to a small or a moderate extent, which do not 

 form a part of the general husbandry of a country. In 

 Scotland, the most important of these are, carrots, cabba- 

 ges, kale, rye, and flax. 



Carrots. This species of crop, is not so much cultivated 

 in Scotland as it ought to be. Its culture seems to be at- 

 tended with no more difficulty than that of cabbage, pota- 

 toes, or turnips, and if properly managed, with little, or 



