i 7 4 Of St. Fcin; Chap.XIL 



Part of a drill'd 6Y. i^i;; Ground was cut the Be- 

 ginning of May^ before blolloming (c) ; and from the 

 Time of cutting, until it was fet up in Ricks, being 

 about Ten Days, the Sun never mone upon it (d) ; 

 but the Weather was mifty : At iaft it was forc'd to be 

 carried together for fear of Rain, fo green, that out 

 of the largeft Stalks one might wring milky Juice ; 

 yet by making the Hay up in feveral little Ricks, and 

 drawing up a great ChafFBafket in the Middle of each, 

 its firing was prevented 5 but it look'd of a dark 

 Colour by heating; and was the very beft (e) Hay 

 that ever I had. 



The other Part of the Ground was afterwards cut 

 in the Prime of its Flower, and made into Hay by 

 the Heat of the Sun, without Rain or Mift : This 

 came out of the Ricks at Winter with a much finer 

 Colour, and as fine a Smell as the Virgin Hay, but 

 did not come near it in fatting of Sheep, or keeping 



(c.) By catting before blofioming, is not meant before any one 

 Bloffom appears ; for here and-therea Bud willbegin to open with 

 a red Colour long before the reft : Therefore, when we perceivS 

 only a very few BioiToms beginning to open (perhaps but Ons of 

 a Thoufaiidj, we regard them as none. 



(d) This alio was an Advantage to this Hay ; lor Apothecaries 

 find, that Herbs dried in the Shade retain much more of their 

 Vinue than thefe dried in the Sun; but Farmers not having any 

 fuch Conveniency of drying their Hay in the Shade with Safety, 

 muft always choofe to dry it by the Sun ; becaufein cloudy Wea- 

 ther there is Danger of Rairi; and therefore fuch excellent Hay 

 muft be had by Chance j • for to be well made in the Shade, it 

 muft be in Danger of being fpoiled or damaged by Rain. 



(e) This Hay, fo cut before bioffoming, has kept a Team of 

 working Stpne-horfes, round the Year, fat without Corn ; ard 

 when tried with Beans and Cats mixed with Cnalt. they refilled 

 it for this Hay. The fame fatted feme Sheep in the Winner, in a 

 Pen, with only it and Water ; they thrived faftcr than other Sheep 

 at the fame time fed with Peafe and Oats. The Hay was weighed 

 to them, and the clear Front amounted to Four Pounds per Tun. 

 They made no Wafte. Tho' the Stalks were of an extraordinary 

 Bignefs, they would break off fhort, being very brittle. Thi3 

 grew on rich Ground in Q?fordJkiri>. 



Horfas 



