4*4 KALM'S ENGLAND. 



sometimes they eat it so greedily that they swell up and 

 die. The Clover has in one respect the advantage over 

 other kinds of hay, that it can commonly be cut twice in 

 the summer. Some have also now begun to sow Lucerne, 

 but it is still uncertain how it will succeed. [This is a very 

 interesting notice]. 



Tares. (Vicia vulgaris Sativa, J. Bauhin) are also 

 sown here by some for fodder, and the Farmers knew 

 scarcely any kind of hay on which the cows give so much 

 milk, and when they have eaten it, especially if it is green, 

 the milk also' has a nice flavour ; nevertheless, it is found 

 that cows give the best flavoured milk when they eat 

 good grass. In very many places here in England they 

 mow their meadows twice in the summer, sometimes 

 also three times, but they seldom drive the cattle in to 

 feed there, either in Spring or Autumn. Nevertheless, the 

 farmers said that the hay of the aftermath, af den senare 

 slatten, was not so good as that of the first crop. 



[T. II. p. 59]. Bonor. Beans are much sown here, 

 and used as food for horses and swine. They also give 

 them pease for food. 



Krita. Chalk. It is not known to me whether chalk 

 is used for any purpose in gardens, tragardar, but in 

 hop-grounds hummel- gardai", it is used by some as a 

 manure, when it is first mixed with other manure. 



Ost, Smor, etc. Cheese, Butter, etc. 



Nearly every County (Province) in England has some- 

 thing special, which it produces more plentifully and of 

 better quality than any other county. Thus Kent commonly 

 yields better hops and cherries than other counties ; Hert- 

 fordshire better flour, hvetmjol; Cheshire and Gloucester- 

 shire better cheese; Suffolk better butter, etc. In con- 

 nection with this, it is remarkable that the county which 

 gives the best butter, cannot produce such good cheese, 



