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to very great advantage ; and I appre- 

 hend the great difference may be ac- 

 counted for as follows. The quick 

 growth of this grafs, after mowing, (hades 

 the ground, and prevents the fun from 

 exhaling the moifturc of the land, fo 

 much as it would if fed bare; confe- 

 quently it continues to fpring with more 

 vigor ; and the moment one crop is off, 

 another begins to flioot up. Whereas 

 when cattle feed it, they frequently de- 

 flroy almoU as much as they eat 3 and, 

 befides, bruife the necks of the roots with 

 their feet, which prevents the clover 

 from fpringing, fo freely as it does after 

 a clean cut by the fcythe. In hot wea- 

 ther, which is the common feafon for 

 feeding clover, the flies too are generally 

 fo troublefome to the cattle, that they 

 are continually running from hedge to 

 hedge, to brufh them off; by which it is 

 9 incon- 



