tition with soiling in the cow-house? I think yon will 

 admit that it is not, since an acre of even good pasture 

 will feed only one cow from May to November, and 

 an acre of clover will supi>ort at least three cows dur^ 

 ing the same period. To say nothing of the grand 

 point, the manure, how much better is it for you 

 to have this in your farm yard, than to travel 10 or 

 20 miles a day during summer for lime or marl at a 

 tremendous cost? But clover fed on the field is com- 

 paratively of little value. A parcel of unprofitable 

 horses and miserable heifers turned on it when half 

 grown! what provoking waste I I have not taken 

 into calculation the profit which store pigs fed entirely 

 on clover or vetches will afford — it is, however, very 

 great, particulai'ly if you can give them at the same 

 time a small quantity of buttermilk — even the rinsings 

 of the milk vessels with clover, vetches, or lucerne, 

 will keep thera in high order. By the way I must 

 say a word or two in favour of lucerne and sainfoin 

 which give valuable soiUng. Both of these should l^e 

 sown in remarkably clean ground and without any 

 other crop, in drills (about 10 inches apart) in order 

 that they may be kept free from intruding weeds or 

 grasses : they are tap-rooted and require a loose and 

 dry undersoil (limestone gravel or chalk is tlie best.) 

 they both remain about 15 years in the ground, and 

 bear transplanting well ; if the surface, however, be 

 not kept loose and clean, these excellent herbage crops 

 will be hurt considerably before they arrive at j)erfec- 

 tion. The plants of Lucerne, when cultivated by 

 transplantation, should be 6 inches asunder. If the 

 seed be sown in April, the plants may be put out in 

 St>ptember : 4 cutting's of lucern may be expected 

 every year. Sainfoin is to be treated in the same way, 

 it is also suited to the same kind of soil ; a wet bot- 

 tom would ruin either, though they will flourish on 

 light land if dry and warm. If cut early, it will, 

 probably, yield a second crop ; an acre will feed four 

 vows from the 1st of April to the end of November, 



