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Horfes fat at hard Work without: any Corn, as' the 

 Virgin Hay did. 



This fuperfine Hay cannot well be had of popr 

 uncultivated (f) St. Foin: beeaufe that may not be 

 much above an Handful high, when 'tis in Condition 

 to be fo cut ; and would then make a very light Crop, 

 and would be a great while ere it fprang up again : 

 But the rich will have Two or Three Tun to an Acre, 

 and fpring again immediately for a fecond Crop ; io 

 that little or no Quantity would be loft by fo great an 

 Improvement of it's Quality. For ho'd St. Foin 

 upon a poor chalky Hill, cut at the fame time with 

 that uncultivated on a rich Valley, does in dry Wea- 

 ther grow again without Delay, when the Valley at- 

 tends a Month or more for a Rain, to excite its ve- 

 getative Motion. 



This Hay the Owner (if he be wife) will not fell at 

 any common Price; but endeavour to have fome of 

 it every Year, if poiiible, for his own Ufe. 



The Second Sort of St. Foin Hay is that cut in the 

 Flower; and tho' much inferior to the Virgin Hay, it 

 far exceeds any other Kind, as yet commonly propa- 

 gated in England-, and if it be a full Crop, by good 

 Culture, may amount to above three; Tun to an Acre, 

 This is that St. Foin which is mod commonly made ; 

 and the larger it is, the more nourifhing for Horfes, 

 I have known Farmers, after full Experience, go 

 Three Miles to fetch the largeft iralky St. Foin, when 

 they could have bought the fmall fine leafy Sort of 

 it at home, for the fame Price by the Tun. 



The next and laft Sort of St. Foin that is cut only 

 for Hay, is, the full-grown, theBloffoms being gone, 

 or going off: This aifo is good Hay, tho' it fall 

 fhort, by many Degrees, of the other Two Sorts: It 

 makes a greater Crap than either of them, beeaufe it 

 grows to its full Bulk, and fhrinks little in drying. 



(/) I reckon Manure of Peat-d/hes, Soot, or the like, to be a 



Culture. 



This 



