1 66 Of S t. F o i n. Ghao. XII, 



made a greater Produce, than One thoufand fmall 

 ones uncultivated. 



But the Hay of a large Tingle cultivated Plant will 

 weigh more than half a Pound ; and i 12 Plants upon 

 a fquare Perch, weighing but a Quarter of a Pound 

 apiece one with another, amount to Two Tun to an 

 Acre. 



If St. Foin be planted on feme forts of Land early, 

 in the Spring, and ho'd, it may bring a Crop the fame 

 Summer; for I once planted a few Seeds of it on 

 Jandy Ground in my Garden, at the End of Fe- 

 bruary , which produced large Plants above Two Feet 

 high, that went into BloiTom the following June\ 

 tho' there was a fevere Froft in March, which kill'd 

 abundance of Wheat, yet did not hurt thefe Plants : 

 This -mews that St. Foin is a quick Grower, unlefs it 

 be planted on poor cold Ground, or for Want of 

 Culture. 



And tho' the poor Land, and ill Management ge- 

 nerally allotted to it, caufe it to yield but One mow- 

 ing Crop a Year; yet it has yielded Two great ones 

 on rich fandy Land, even when fown in the common 

 ordinary matter. 



Thin St. Foin cannot be expected to cover all the 

 Ground at firft, any more than an Orchard of Apple- 

 trees will, when firft planted at Thirty Feet D ilia nee 

 from each other every Way •, yet this is reckon'd a 

 proper Diitance to make a good and lafting Orchard. 

 But if thefe mould be planted at Three Feet Diftance, 

 as they ftancl in theNurfery, it would not be more 

 unreafonoble than the common Method of lowing St. 

 Foin is-, and there would be much the fame Confe- 

 rence in both, from covering all the Ground at firft 

 Planting-, except that the St. Foin, being abundantly 

 longer rooted downwards than Apple-trees are, has 

 the greater Difad vantage, when by its Thicknefs 'tis 



prevented 



