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otherwife could have done. When I fpeak of 

 giving an equal quantity of ftraw with the clo- 

 ver to horfes, I do not mean that as much ftraw 

 as clover fhould be put in the (lack ; for thai; 

 would entirely prevent it from heating. As 

 clover is not much fafer in the cock than in the 

 fwathe, the method I recommend will be 

 found ufeful ; for, as foon as the clover is fit 

 to cock, you may Hack it, and by that means 

 often fave the crop, inftead of running the rifle 

 of many days' delay, by waiting to ftack it ac- 

 cording to the old method. 



I have found it beneficial to fow rye-grafs 

 with clover, by way of making it hardier to 

 harveft; but rye-giafs is an enemy to the fol- 

 lowing crop of wheat, and wheat-ftraw is more 

 beneficial when put in the flack. Rye-grafs is 

 a fort of grafs I am very partial to: but no 

 doubt I mail find many differ from me in opi- 

 nion. However, I by experience know that 

 one acre fown for fheep with rye-grafs, white 

 clover and trefoil, will maintain a proportion 

 of three to two fheep more than with any other 

 kind of grafs, or mixture of grafTes, I know of. 

 When I fay of three to two, I mean for twelve 

 months •, as rye-grafs is both the earlieft and 



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