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SOWING 

 CLOVER. 



MINUTES 



OCT: 



been yet fed, the heads of the plants now (land 

 above the ftubble ; but for which a fine fwath 

 of clover-hay might be mown. 



'} his is the firft inftance 1 have met with of 

 fowing clover-feed over wheat in autumn. 



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BUILDINGS. OCTOBER 10. Formerly, a ridiculous prac- 

 tice has prevailed in this country of running up 

 the peaks of gables above the roof of the houfe. 

 In many old houfes the coping of the gable 

 Hands eighteen inches, perhaps two feet above 

 the thatch or tiling, The efTe& of it is, the 

 water of driving rains is collected by this un- 

 neceflary elevation of the wall, and either drains 

 through between the gable and the roof, or, if 

 an offset be made to prevent this, foaks into 

 the wall itfelf. 



An old-fafhioned " flue" rotted by this 

 means, was the other day, upon this cftate, 

 thrown down by a guft of wind. 



I mention the circumftance the rather, as this 

 abfurd cuftom is not yet altogether laid afide ; 

 though the flues are now made much lower 

 than formerly. In flricl: propriety, the coping 

 of the gable ought to be level with the cover- 



For 



