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ed. This crop he hoiTe hoed, following the 

 directions of Tulland Duhamel ; the produce 

 was trifling, and the practice found very ex- 

 penfive, and the crops unprofitable : were, 

 however, very beautiful and elegant to look 

 at. He tried it for wheat, lucerne, fainfoine, 

 red clover, beans, peafe, and in a word, every 

 plant recommended by the drill writers, and 

 continued it for four years. Having afcer- 

 tained this thorough experience, that the drili 

 hufbandry was exceedingly difadvantageous r 

 he gave it up, and laid down with white 

 clover and hay feeds : and could be let at 2os. 

 an acre. Mr. Herbert, however, going to 

 England, they were not taken fuch care of as 

 they ought, never being manured. Some were 

 Jaid down with burnet, which took very 

 well in the land, but was foon overcome 

 and choaked with natural grafs. Bird grafs 

 he tried, got the feed from Rocque, but finds 

 it a very coarfe poor plant of no value. Lu- 

 cerne he had upon a very extenfive fcale ; hav- 

 ing fix acres of it, found it a very good grafs, 

 fed all forts of cattle with fuccefs, particularly 

 in fattening bullocks, the fat of them being 

 marbled in the fined manner imaginable. He 

 had it in broad caft, and ufed Rocques har- 

 row ; but upon his foil the harrow tore 

 up the lucerne as well as the weeds, yet 

 the natural grafs got much a head. The 

 drill method is the beft; but fuch is the lux- 

 uriant growth of the common grafles in Ire- 

 land, that there was the greateft difficulty in 

 keeping it clean. Sainfoine alfo did very well, 



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