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following Leguminous plants are recommended for 

 sowing : SAINFOIN (Onobrychis sativa, Lam.), especi- 

 ally on dry calcareous soil, WHITE or DUTCH 

 CLOVER (Trifolium repens, L.), RED CLOVER (T. 

 pratense, L.), and its perennial variety, ALSIKE 

 CLOVER (T. hybridum y L.), introduced during the 

 present century, and YELLOW CLOVER, BLACK 

 MEDICK or NONSUCH (Medicago lupulina, L.). BUR- 

 NET (Poterium Sanguisorba, L.), a Rosaceous plant, 

 on calcareous soils, MILFOIL (Achillea Millefolium, 

 L.), a Composite, PARSLEY (Petroselinum sativuin, 

 Hoffm.), an Umbellifer, and the RIBWORTS (Plantago 

 lanceolata, L., and on calcareous soil P. media, L.), 

 are recommended in addition for sheep pastures, 

 and the CHICORY (Cichorium Intybus, L.) for cattle. 

 CRIMSON CLOVER or TRIFOLIUM (Trifolium incar- 

 natum, L.) is a valuable forage plant, and makes good 

 hay; and the large RED CLOVER ( T. pratense, L., var. 

 sativum\ either alone or with Italian Rye-grass, is 

 one of the chief fodders used for stall-fed cattle. The 

 VETCH (Vicia sativa, L.) has long been a favourite 

 crop on all soils ; but the LUCERNE (Medicago sativa, 

 L.), requiring a light soil and dry subsoil, is less 

 generally used. The young shoots of the GORSE, 

 WHIN, or FURZE (Ulex europceus, L.), a spinous hardy 

 plant, flourishing even on shingle or the poorest soil, 

 when chopped and bruised, is a useful winter food for 

 sheep, horses, and cattle. 



When the price of corn, inflated by our prolonged 

 wars, had unduly extended the 'margin of cultivation/ 

 a few years of bad harvest stimulated the popular 

 outcry for the abolition of the Corn-laws, and English 



