186 Of St. Foin. Chap. XII. 



fides of it, in the next Ground, in the common 

 Way. 



I will not relate the manner of making a Rick of 

 this Seed in its Hay, of monftrous Dimensions, by a 

 fort of Mail-pole Forty-four Feet high, with a Tea 

 Feet Crane at the Top, which made the fame Expe- 

 dition ; becaufe I think, that where fuch a Quantity 

 is, Dutch Barns with moving Roofs are better. Such 

 a Rick is troublefome to thatch, and the Wind has 

 more Power to blow the Thatch off fo high in the 

 Air, than if it were lower. Neither would I advife 

 any one to referve much more St. Foin for Threfh- 

 ing, than his Barn will contain ; becaufe tho' fome- 

 times it brings the greater! Profit by Threlhing, yet 

 fome Years 'tis apt to be blighted. 



I have been told by my Neighbour, that he had % 

 Crop of Five Quarters of St. Foin Seed on an Acre ; 

 but the mofl Front that €ver I took notice of, was 

 on half an Acre, which was drill'd very thin, and 

 had no Crop of Corn with it; by which Advantage 

 it produc'd a good Crop of Seed the next Year after 

 It was planted, and the Third Year this Half- A ere 

 produc'd (as was try'd by a Wager) within a Trifle of 

 Two Quarters of Seed, which was fold for Two 

 Pounds and Ten Shillings : The threfh'd Hay of it 

 was fold in the Place for One Pound, and Two Quar- 

 ters of Chaff fold for Twelve Shillings \ in all Four 

 Pounds and Two Shillings. There was aifo a very 

 good Aftermath, which was worth the Charges of 

 Cutting and Threfhing: So that the clear Profit of 

 the One Year of this Half Acre of Ground amount- 

 ed to Four Pounds Two Shillings : And it was re- 

 markable, that at the fame Time the reft of the fame 

 Field, being in all Ten Acres, had a Crop of Barley 

 fown on Three Plowings, which (the Summer being 

 dry) was offered to be fold at One Pound per 

 Acre. 



I believe 



