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 Lucerne. 



Th(^ experiments which this gentleman 

 has tried on lucerne, though not upon a very 

 large fcale, are extremely fatisfadtory. 



In 1 76 1, he fowed half an acre alone in 

 drills : The foil, a ftrong loam upon a cold 

 wet gravel. The plants all died away the 

 fecond year. 



In 1766, he drilled feven rows equally 

 diftant, four feet afunder ; the foil a rich 

 black loam, worth 25 J', /'^t acre, the 23d 

 and 24th oi May. The 17th oi June^ they 

 were horfe-hoed and then hand-hoed. The 

 1 4th of July^ horfe-hoed for a fecond time, 

 and then hand-hoed again. Aiignji 14th, 

 cut them ; and again afterwards. The iirft 

 cutting maintained four coach horfes and 

 five calves fix vv^eeks. The fecond kept feven 

 horfes a month. 



In 1 767, it was cut three times ; and 

 maintained {o^tw horfes from the firll cut- 

 ting, the middle oiMay^ all the fummer, to 

 the end of September: It was horfe and 

 hand-hoed thrice. 



In 1768, when I viewed it, it had been 

 cut thrice, and would yield another fmail 

 cutting. From the middle of May it has 

 kept fix horfes. 



From an accurate infpedion into the 

 foiling thefe horfes, it appears that the feed- 

 ing them with lucerne has regularly faved 

 I2s. iQ d. a week in ha v. 



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