*88 Of St. Foin. Chap. XIX, 



■cient for the Ufe of the reviving Plants: Nay, I 

 have feen Plants of St. Foin cut off in the Winter a 

 Foot deep, and the Earth of that Depth taken away; 

 and the remaining Root recover'd, and grew to an 

 extraordinary Bignefs: But this was preferv'd from. 

 Cattle at firft. 



I efteem St. Foin to be much more profitable 

 than Clover, becaufe St. Foin j.s never known to do 

 any perceivable Damage to the Corn amongft which 

 'tis planted ; but Clover often fpoils a Crop of Bar- 

 ley (a) \ and I have known, that the Crop of Barley 

 has been valued to have fuffer'd Four Pounds per 

 Acre Damage by a Crop of broad Clover's growing 

 in it in a wet Summer : In a dry Summer both Sorts 

 of Clover are apt to mifs growing ; and if it does 

 grow, and the next Summer (wherein it ought to be 

 a Crop) prove very dry, it fails on mod forts of 

 Land, tho' it was vigorous enough to fpoil the Barley 

 the Year it was fown .; at bell, 'tis of but very Ihort 

 Duration, and therefore is not to be depended on by 

 the Farmer, for maintaining his Cattle, which the 

 broad Clover will alfo kill, fometimes by caufing 

 them to fwell, unlefs great Care be taken to prevent 

 it. The broad Clover is efteem'd a foul Feed for 

 Horfes. The Hop Clover is gone out of the Ground 

 iboner than the broad Clover ; I never knew it cut 

 more than once : Indeed Cattle are never fwollen by 

 feeding on it; but then it affords but very little 

 Feeding for them, except the Land whereon it grows 

 be very rich. 



St. Foin is obferv'd to enrich whatever Ground 'tis 

 planted on, tho' a Crop be taken off it yearly. 



(a) But this Damage may be prevented by drilling the Clover 

 after the Barley is an Handful high or more j for then the Barley 

 will keep it under, and not fuffer it to grow to any confiderable 

 Bignefs till after Karveft ; nor will this Drill, being drawn by 

 Jdand, do any Damage to the Barley. 



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