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tity of flock maintained by it, fully compenfate 

 for what it takes from the land. It may not 

 be fo proper to ibw wheat after rye-grafs, as it 

 is a fort of white crop like wheat, and requires 

 the fame kind of nourifhment. It may be bet- 

 ter followed by a crop of peas : but I prefer 

 wheat dibbled. 



Rye-grafs, if mown for hay, fhould be cut 

 when in blofTom, and got in green. The hay 

 made from it does not heat or fweat much, and 

 is very good for horfes, but not for fheep or 

 cattle. If it is fuffered to (land too long before 

 it be cut, the feeds rob the plant of the juices, 

 and leave it no better than wheat or rye- 

 draw. 



Clay land is mod proper to raife the feed of 

 rye-grafs upon : as twitch-grafs does not de- 

 light in, and may with more eafe be cleared 

 from, fuch foil, than from any other. I have 

 known a llrong clayey land laid down very full 

 of the roots of twitch-grafs j and, by the fuc- 

 ceeding fummer proving dry, and fheep tread- 

 ing the ground, and eating the grafs bare, it has, 

 ■when ploughed up, been nearly clear. 



Rye-grafs is not fo proper to be fown for 

 mowing, for it tillers very little, but readily 



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