130 A TREATISE ON THE COXNECTION OF 



have a full sujiply of them, as in the event of a super- 

 abundant quantity for green food, these crops are equally 

 l^roper for hay. Tares should always accompany the 

 culture of clover, to supply the deficiency of herbage; 

 between the first and second cuttings of the clover. When 

 black mould has been worn out by repeated tillage, and 

 is filled with root and seed weeds, no preparation or 

 mode of culture can be adopted that \\ ill more effecftually 

 clean and fit it for a svibsequent crop than tares, which 

 should be sown thick, that a luxuriant crop, corn- 

 pletely covering the ground, may be insured. 



It is a matter of great importance (though seldom 

 attended to) that the food intended for working horses 

 should be so prepared, or of such a nature, as to allow 

 them quickly to satisfy their hunger, that more hours 

 may be allotted for rest during the interval afforded 

 from labour. When thus fed in stables or farm -yards 

 with green clover, tares, saint foin, Sec. unless on ex- 

 traordinary occasions, they do not require oats or other 

 grain ; but in the winter, or other seasons, when fed on 

 dry hay or straw, and when occupied in the business of 

 the farm, a supply of oats, other grain, or nourishing food 



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