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though clover fhould be harvefted dry, it 

 fhould be preferved green, fo as to admit of one 

 fourth part of wheat-ftraw being added to and 

 flacked with it, by alternate layers of hay and 

 ftraw. The confequence of this management 

 will be, that, from the fweating of the clover 

 in the (lack, the ftraw will imbibe the fubtil 

 odoriferous effluvia of the plant, and be in fome 

 degree impregnated with the oily vapour that 

 exhales from the clover, which without fuch 

 precaution would be diflipated and loft. When 

 fuch hay and ftraw are cut together, they make 

 better food than clover and ftraw cut feparate- 

 ]y into chaff. For, from the quantity of oil 

 this plant abounds with, and from the frothinefs 

 of its nature, it is not advifable to give a horfe 

 deftined to work hard too great a quantity, 

 without an allay of one half ftraw, to cool him 

 and aflift in promoting a regular digeftion. 



Great care muft be taken to put no more 

 ftraw into the ftack than the clover will bear, 

 fo as not to prevent the whole from taking a 

 regular and neceflary heat, This method is 

 attended with another advantage ; you may 

 ftack your clover without fear of danger from 

 heating to excefs, many days fooner than you 



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