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As faintfoin is a fmothering crop in the 

 fpring, it is very feldom that the growth is im- 

 peded by weeds 3 and the gralTes do not grow 

 fo early, nor can they injure the faintfoin unlefs 

 it is very thin. There is no doubt but that 

 fmothering land with a crop is better than hav- 

 ing recourfe to ploughs, harrows, fcarifiers, &c. 

 day by day to deftroy weeds, for fuch labour 

 is expenfive-, whereas a large crop is attended 

 with profit. If faintfoin were fown alone in 

 drills fix inches afunder, and the earth between 

 • each row lightened by the fcarifier, I dc^ noc 

 believe any method could pofTibly produce a 

 more plentiful crop. 



Lucerne is chiefly ufed as green fodder.— 

 the leaves grow three at a joint, like thofe of 

 clover i its ftalks are ere<fl, and after mowing, 

 immediately fpring up again from the (tubblc 

 or cut {lumps. If it is made into hay, the treat- 

 ment is the fame as that of faintfoin: but it 

 muft be mowed before it flowers. It makes 

 the fweetefl: food, and one of the mofl: fatten- 

 ing hitherto known for cattle ; but m.uft be 

 given with much caution, or it will caufe them 



to fwell. 



Lucerne 



