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which is indilputably a very fine im- 

 provement upon all meadow, and palture, 

 particularly upon light dry land. By this 

 improvement the moifture is more pre- 

 ferved, and the earth, being prefTed clofe 

 to the roots of the grafs, preferves it from 

 burning. Thofe w^ho are againft rolling 

 aflert, that the quantity is lefTened. In 

 hay, I believe, it may fometimes be the 

 cafe ; becaufe rolling, which fines the 

 furface, and thickens the {et of annual 

 meadow^-grafs, checks and weakens the 

 long fpungy grafies, which frequently 

 compofe the bulk of the crop. But then 

 the quality of the hay, after rolling, will 

 be fo fuperior to what it would be with- 

 out it, that two tons will be as good as 

 three ; and if the land be grazed after- 

 wards, the advantage will be flill greater. 



Some of the next beft grafi^es are, the 

 crejied dog-tail, the vernal, the Jheefs 



fefcqiie. 



