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On the other hand, no cutting need be made on plot 
No. 2, leaving the 7rzfolium to.re-seed itself, while not 
being cut the Melilot will flower earlier and the plants be 
very much stronger. They will, however, not continue 
flowering so late. 
I should prefer to cut the first crop, unless, indeed, I 
had two similar plots, cutting one and not the other, so 
ensuring a better. succession of the two most valuable of 
all honey plants. 
Plot No. 3. 
And what shall we do with this? This will be wholly 
white clover, and if cut three times in the year on very 
good ground, or say twice on the average, a very good 
succession will be got; but not a very heavy crop of hay, 
unless rye-grass be sown with it. 
Plot No. 4. 
This also shall be white clover, and is to be cut a 
fortnight after plot No. 3 on each occasion. There wiil 
then be an abundance of snowy white blossom, from the 
time the plant first bursts into fruitfulness until far into 
August. 
Plot No. 5. 
Now it must be remembered that very few cultivated 
plants will yield honey after the month of August is 
nearing its end, no matter how fair the weather may be. 
Consequentiy I must return to Melilot as being almost 
the only profitable bee-plant that will continue to yield 
honey far into the Autumn. This plot should be pastured 
‘a month later than plot No. 2, or if not so utilised, then 
cut a fortnight later only, as the plant will take longer to 
' recover from cutting than if it had been fed off. 
Other Crops. 
1 a . 
There are some other plants which have been regarded 
