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the proper time again. The buck-wheat may 

 be fown after a fpring depafturing on two years 



old feeds. 



To thofe gentlennen who have extenfive ma- 

 nors, and are defirous of preferving the game, 

 but particularly pheafants, buck-wheat will be 

 found advantageous ; for there is no grain 

 whatever that pheafants are fonder of. They 

 will fly many miles from home to feed upon 



it. 



Buck-wheat will grow on any foil, and fuc- 



ceed on a poor fand and on a rich loam. On 

 land nearly barren this grain may be fown to 

 advantage. The time of fowing is from the 

 beginning to nearly the end of June. Some 

 foul land requires ploughing before winter, 

 and treating as diredled for the pea-fallow. — 

 If fubje6t to lie wet, grip and drain well j and 

 clear the land of weeds by carting them to 

 your refervoir. Another ploughing and har- 

 rowing may be neceflary before the lowing In 

 June. In Auguft, when grafs fit for mowing 

 is generally fcarce, this crop, if eaten green, 

 will aflx)rd excellent fodder for fummer-fold- 

 ing of cattle. The quantity of feed required 



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