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There are many people who cultivate 

 this plant merely for feeding cattle, and 

 an exceeding good practice it is. The 

 ground is prepared, and fown in the 

 fame manner, as for the crop I have juft 

 defcribed -, but in this cafe there is no 

 neceffity for hoeing. It is fed ofF, as oc- 

 cafion may require, from the beginning 

 of November to the middle of April; 

 and when this is the cafe, barley, and 

 grafs-feeds are fown the fame year upon 

 it, almoft always with good fuccefs. Be- 

 fore Chriftmas, nothing is better for fat- 

 ting dry ewes, and old flieep of all kinds; 

 and after Chriftmas it is better than any 

 thing for ewes and lambs. When fed 

 early in the winter, if the froft be not 

 fo fevere as to rot the ilalk, or ftem, 

 it will fpring again the beginning of 

 April. 



It is generally fuppofcd, that this feed 



is 



