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_ this be rich, ten or twelve pounds are sufficient ; 
and if poor, double that quantity will not be too 
much. ‘The practice of mixing the seeds of timo- 
thy and rye grass, &c. with that of clover, isa bad 
one; because these grasses neither rise nor ripen at 
the same‘time. Another practice, equally bad, is, 
that of sowing clover seed on winter grain, before 
the earth has acquired a temperature favorable to 
vegetation, and when there cannot be a doubt but 
that two thirds of the seed will perish. 
By the time your barley, or other covering crop, 
is harvested, your clover will be sufficiently estab- 
lished to live alone; and, tf not pastured, (1) to 
brave the ensuing winter, and during the next sum- 
mer to repay your labor by two abundant crops of 
grass or hay. 
The period in the growth of clover, at which it 
is most profitably cut and used, presents a question 
much discussed and variously answered ; because 
depending on extraneous and local circumstances, 
(such as the state and proximity of markets, &c.) 
which can not fail to vary the results, in the hands 
of different persons, and even of the same person, 
at different times and at different places. There are, 
however, some general remarks which belong to 
ihe case, and which ought not te be omitted in even 
this brief view of the subject. 
ist. Clover cut dcfore it flowers abounds in water 
| has in it but little nutritive matter, and is even 
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-/()) If the crowns of young clover roots, be nibbled or otherwise wounded, the 
roots die. Sheep and horses (both of which bite closely) should therefore be parti- 
cularly excluded from clover, unless intended for pasturage only. 
