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 SECTION LXXVL 



Ohfervations on Buck-JVheat, 



BUCK- WHEAT in this country is mod- 

 ly ufed as a green crop. Some fow it for the 

 exprefs purpofe of ploughing-in for manure; 

 but fuch pradice is bad hufbandry, and I dif- 

 approve of it much in any green crop , for, if 

 a farmer has money, he muft be an indifferent 

 judge indeed of (lock, if he cannot departure it 

 with fome cattle, that will pay better, and pro- 

 duce both more and better manure tlian 

 ploughing-in the green crop. Therefore, I 

 recommend buck-wheat, except fuch as may 

 be wanted for feed, to be eaten green in the 

 fold. It will as a green crop bear fowing later, 

 and grow much quicker than any other fort of 

 plant for fodder, and by its quick growth fmo- 

 thers all weeds. It may be fown after a crop of 

 rye and tares, that have been fown in the au- 

 tumn, are eaten off 5 and the land will be 

 greatly ameliorated, and ready for wheat in 



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