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nary rich Food for Cattle, The 

 Time for cutting it is when it be- 

 gins to flower, tor if it ftands 

 much longer, the lower Part of 

 the Stems will begin to dry, where- 

 by it will make a lefs Quautity of 

 Hay, and that not fo well fla- 

 vour 'd. 



Some People cut three Crops in 

 one Year of this Grafs, but tht^ 

 beft Way is to cut but one in the 

 Spring, and feed it the remaining 

 Part of the Year, whereby the 

 Land will be enriched, and the 

 Plants will grow much ftronger. 



One Acre of this Grafs will feed 

 as many Cattle as four or five A- 

 cres of common Grafs : But great 

 Care ihould be taken of the Cattle 

 ■w^hen they are firft put into it, left 

 it burft them. To prevent which, 

 fome turn them m for a few 

 Hours only at firft, and fo ftint 

 them as to Quantity, and this by 

 degrees, letting them at firft be 

 only one Hour in the Middle of 

 the Day, when there is no Moi- 

 flure upon the Grafs, and fo every 

 Pay fuffer them to remain a lon- 

 ger time, until they are fully fea- 

 jfon'd to it: But great Care fliould 

 be had never to turn them into 

 this Food in wet Weather; or if 

 they have been for fome time ac- 

 cuftom'd to this Food, it will be 

 proper to turn them out at Night 

 in wet Weather, and let them have 

 Hay, which will prevent the ill 

 Confequfnces of this Food : But 

 there are fome who give Straw to 

 their Cattle while they are feeding 

 upon this Grafs, to prevent the ill 

 Eftctfts of it ; which muft not be 

 given them in the Field, becaufe 

 thev will not eat it where there is 

 Plenty of better Food. There are 

 others v/ho fow Rye Grafs amongft 

 their Clover y which they let grow 

 together, in order to prevent the 



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ill Confequences of the Cattle feed- 

 ing wholly on Clover: But this is 

 not a commendable Way, becaufe 

 the Rye Grafs will greatly injure 

 the Clover in its Growth. 



Where the Seeds are defign'd to 

 be fav'd, the firft Crop in the Spring 

 fliould be permitted to ftand until 

 the Seeds are ripe, which may be 

 known by the Stalks and Heads 

 changing to a brown Colour ; then 

 it fhould be cut in a dry Time: 

 And when it is well dry'd, it may 

 be hous'd until Winter, when the 

 Seeds fhould be threfli'd out; but 

 if the Seeds are wanted for imme- 

 diate fowing, it may be threfl)'d 

 out before it be hous'd or ftack'd, 

 but then it muft be well dry'd, o- 

 therwile the Seeds will not quit 

 their Husks. 



It has been a great Coriiplaint a- 

 mongft the Farmers, that they 

 could not thrcfli out thefe Seeds 

 without great Labour and Difficul- 

 ty, which I take to be chiefly 

 owing to their cutting the Spring 

 Crop when it begins to flower and 

 to leave the fecond Crop for Seed, 

 which ripens lb late in Autumn, 

 that there is not Heat enough to 

 dry the Husks llifficiently, where- 

 by they are tough, and the Seeds 

 render'd difiicult to get out, which 

 may be intirely remedied by the 

 leaving of the firft Crop for Seed, 

 as hath been directed. 



When Cattle are fed with this 

 Hay, the beft Way is to put it in 

 Racks, othcrwife they will tread 

 a great Quantity of it down with 

 their Feet. This Feed is much 

 better for moft other Cattle than 

 Milch Cows, 16 that thefe fliould 

 rarely have any of it, left it prove 

 hurtful to them i tho' when it is 

 dry, it is not near ib injurious to 

 any ibrt of Cattle as when green. 



The fecond and third Sorts grow 

 z wild 



