Chap. XIII. O/Luserne, 213 



Proof either of a Mifappheation, or that the Theory 

 is falfe. 



Luferne {hould be order'd for Hay in the fame 

 Manner as is di reded for St. Foin in the foregoing 

 Chapter : But it mud be obferv'd, that Luferne is 

 more worded by being fuffer'd to furvive its Virgini- 

 ty before cutting •, and therefore the riched and mod 

 nourifhing Hay is cut whilft the Stalks are (ingle, 

 without any collateral Branches (hooting out of them;, 

 and when they are fo, neither BlolToms nor even their 

 Buds appear. But of that fown in the old Fafhion, 

 the lad Crops, for want of a new Supply of Nouriih- 

 ment, grow fo (lowly, that ere it is high enough to be 

 cut, the BlofToms are blown out, and the Stalks, tho' 

 very fmali, are become woody, hard, and dry, and 

 make the Hay nothing near lb nourifhing as that of 

 the firrt Crops. 



But in that which is ho'd, the lad Crops of it will, 

 by virtue of the greater Quantity of Nourifhment it 

 receives, grow fader, and be of an Height (it to cut 

 before blofTbming, and thence being as young and 

 vigorous, make as good Hay as the fird Crops 5 fo 

 that Hoeing does not only procure more and larger 

 Crops, but atfo better Hay. 



This is mod certain, that unlefs we can keep our 

 Luferne pretty clean from natural Grafs, we cannot 

 expecl it to fucceed, let the Soil be never fo 

 proper, 



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