[ 66 ] 



1768. The broad caft always cut 

 three times a year. Often made 

 into hay, a load an acre at each 

 cutting. An acre lafts three horfes 

 at foiling the fummer through ; this, 

 at fix months the fummer, and 2 s. 

 6 d. a week per horfe, amounts to 

 9 /. 1 5 s. per acre. All forts of cat- 

 tle fed with it, but none affect it fo 

 much as horfes. 

 Mr. Lyfter at Baivtry. 



Soil. A light fand. 



Culture. Drilled five years ago in 

 rows two feet afunder. 



Product. Ufed for foiling horfes, but 

 inferior to clover or natural paftures. 

 Sir Digby Legard at Ga?iton. 



Soil. A light, rich, hazel loam. 



Culture. Drilled, double rows at one 

 foot on five feet ridges ; horfe and 

 hand hoed. 



Product* More than a ton and a half 

 of hay per acre. Yields more than 

 in the broad call; method. 

 Mr. Turner at Kirkleatham. 



Soil. A rich loam. 



Culture. Half an acre drilled in 1765, 

 in equally diftant rows ten inches 

 afunder. Kept clean from weeds by 

 hand hoeing. 



Product. 



