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about half the quantity of barley, which 

 is ufually fown for a full crop, than by 

 itfelf. For the barley will fhade, and 

 keep it moift, during the iirfl: fumrner ; 

 and, at the fame time, not injure it, as 

 the crop will be lighter than ordinary. 

 About four bufliels of St. Fpin-feed is 

 enough to an acre; and as the feed is 

 large and coarfe, it ought to be com- 

 pletely buried ; and therefore 'tis befl to 

 plough it in with a very fh allow furrow. 

 The firft autumn it ought not to be fed 

 at all. Every fucceeding fummer it may 

 be mowed for a crop ; and the fecond 

 autumn it may be fed^ with any cattle, 

 except fheeps till Chriftmas, but not 

 clofe. Every autumn afterwards it may 

 be fed with fheep, as well as other cat- 

 tle, and may be fed as clofe as they can 

 bite, provided it be laid up by the middle 

 of January. 



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