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fhe opinion of many farmers, that the fLlks 

 of large fainforn are hard and pip^y, and for 

 that reafon not fo agreeable to c ltd?, a> the 

 fmall leafy lore: but this is l>ecsu(e they are 

 apt to let it grow too old before they cut it ; as 

 they are in regard to broad clover alfo, and 

 other grafles. But large fainfoin is the rich- 

 eft and molt juicy, if cut before it bloflbms ; 

 which for hay, or to be fed green, it fliould 

 always be, before any of the bloflbms appear. 

 And lucerne mould be cut ftill earlier, viz. not 

 only before any bloflbms appear, but even be- 

 fore the bloflbm-buds are formed. In this 

 there is no lofs ; for the earlier thefe plants 

 are cut, the fucceeding crop grows the 

 quicker.] 



44 I own, I have feldom found that horfes 

 46 leave any, not even the grofleft part of 

 " the fainfoin plant. They will eat the (talks, 

 where the feed has ripened. Sheep are 

 4 more delicate : for, though they are excef- 

 *' five fond of fainfoin both in grafs and 

 <r hay, Jrou may frequently fee the thickeft 

 44 of the ftems left untouched, where they 

 44 have been foddered." [But give them 

 farinfoin in grafs or hay, that is cut before it 

 bloflbms, they will eat the largeft ftaiks clean 

 up, and make no wafte.] 



' 4 Though I do not altogether approve of 

 4< drilling lainfoin, to be horfe-hoed, I prefer 

 4 * the drilling x>f it in equally diftant rows to 

 44 fowing it by hand. Ikcauie the drill fows 



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