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ihould not be fuffered upon it; for by treading 

 he will fpoil more with his £ect 9 than he devours 

 with his mouth. This is eaGly proved to any 

 farmer who may doubt of the fact, by turning 

 loofe any given number of horfes into any 

 quantity of land fown with clover; and, on the 

 contrary, mowing an equal quantity, and flail 

 or fold-feeding: he will find the advantage of 

 fold-feeding to be four to one in his favour. 



Cow-grajSy being of the fame nature, ought 

 to be treated in the fame manner as red-clo- 

 ver* 



Lucerne ought not to be eaten while grow* 



ing. It fhould be mown, and treated like a 



garden. It produces a wonderful profit, if ufed 



for flail-feeding; and, after being mown, it will 



immediately fpring up again from the flumps. 



In making it into hay it mould be treated like 



iaintfoin : but care fhould be taken to mow it 



before it flowers : it is a fweet and very fattening 



food for cattle, who will eat it fo greedily, that 



great caution mufl be ufed in giving them only 



a fufficient quantity at a time; otherwife they 



will fwell and overload their flomachs with it 



till they burfl, as they will with many other fuc- 



culent plants. To avoid this, either give fuch 



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