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withftanding deer arc kept likewife ; for no ani- 

 mal tends fo much to the bettering of land, as 

 they line and fweeten it infinitely beyond any 

 other. 



Artificial graffes fhould be chofen agreeably to 

 the foil. 



Saint foin, fhould be introduced where there is 

 a chalky, marly, or even a gravelly bottom. — 

 White clover fhould be the principal grafs where 

 land is defigned to be laid for a continuance. — 

 Trefoil and burnet, upon high and poor uplands, 

 defigned for fheep walks. — Perennial darnel, or 

 what the farmers call rye-grafs, is proper upon 

 light arable land; for though it is an exhaufter, 

 it ferves better than any other to brace the fur- 

 face. — A few acres of lucerne I likewife recom- 

 mend to every farmer, who has a piece of loamy 

 tillage near his houfe. 



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