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are only getting the burned-up grass that is then 

 procurable, is most marked. The only difficulty 

 about growing lucerne is that at first a large supply 

 of water is necessary until the roots strike. If you 

 have a garden, then, of course, you have to keep a 

 pair of bullocks to raise water from the well for 

 irrigation purposes; but if you do not run to this 

 luxury, then a pair of bullocks can be hired for two 

 or three days in the week. The landlord of the 

 house has to keep the well and the Persian wheel, 

 by which the water is raised, in order, and find the 

 first pair of ropes for it. The tenant has to find 

 the earthen pots, or '' chatties," that are fastened 

 on to it, by which the water is raised up. These 

 ''chatties" are cheap things enough, but they are 

 easily broken. I always found that the best plan was 

 to provide the first lot myself, and then give a small 

 sum monthly to the gardener to keep them going ; 

 and it saved money in the end, as I found that not 

 nearly so many were smashed under this system as 

 when I paid for what were required. If a gardener 

 is regularly employed, it is, of course, part of his 

 business to look after the lucerne bed; but for an 

 ordinary stable of, say, four or five animals, an acre 

 of lucerne will be ample, and a man exclusively for 

 this is not necessary. A gardener can be got for 



