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this Diilri£t. But even this circiimflance is 

 now become merely traditional ; no perfon now 

 living being able to fpeak to it with certainty. 



It is obfervable, however, that land, though 

 it be no longer the favorite of clover, will 

 bring up the feed perfeclly well ; and, if the 

 plants are not cut off in their infant flate, will 

 fupport them through the winter, with vigour 

 and apparent healthfulnefs. But in the fpring, 

 Vvhen the plants begin to v/ant a more ample 

 fupply of nourilhment than the foil is enabled 

 to furnifh them with, they droop and dwindle, 

 and frequently, in a few weeks, entirely die 

 away. 



Even on the freilieft foils clover feldom 

 ftands more than one year ; going off entirely 

 the fecond fpring ; leaving the darnel (unlefs 

 fome other grals be fown) in full poffeffion of 

 the foil. 



This circumflancc, however, is no great in- 

 convenience in the prefent fyflem of Norfolk 

 hufbandry : if the clover afford a fulnciency of 

 herbage and hay, the firit year, its chief duty 

 is done : ryc-grafs having been found, from 

 long experience, to be of all other graffcs, yet 

 cultivated, the belt for iinifhing turneped 



bullocks 



