ii. YORKSHIRE. 89 



RYE-GRASS, nevcrthelefs, has ftill its ene- 

 mies. But they arc either men who are unac- 

 quainted with it, or who have been unfortu- 

 nate in their experience. 



If the feeds be foul (as is too generally the 

 cafe) the herbage will of courfe be of a bad 

 quality. If it be fuffcrcd to run up in the 

 fpring, before (lock be turned upon it, much 

 of it will no doubt be left uneaten. If luf- 

 fered to (land too long before it be mown, 

 its hay will of courfe be ordinary. Under 

 bad management even the wheat crop is un- 

 profitable. But will any man bring this ns 

 an argument againft the intrinfic quality of 

 wheat ; or againil its being proper to be cul- 

 tivated in foils and fituations to which it is 

 adapted ? 



The feeds of rye-grafs ftiouid be wrwwow- 

 ed 9 and freed from the feeds of weeds, with 

 the fame fcrupuloufnefs that is beftowed on 

 the feed of wheat or other grain. 



If rye-grafs be intended for PASTURAGE, 

 it ought to be broken as early in fpring as the 

 land will bear flock ; which ought to be fo 

 proportioned, that it never can get above a 

 bite, 



If 



