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the 20th, he commenced cutting and feeding his 

 Lucerne morning and evening to his cattle; this year 

 he cut in all three crops, and a fourth might have 

 been cut only for the difficulty in curing it." He 

 further says, "It should be cut for soiling as soon as 

 the blossoms appear, and allowed to wilt a few 

 hours in the swath before it is fed to the cattle, and 

 lastly, like all other crops, it is benefitted by an 

 occasional top dressing of manure." 



In 1862, on Mr. Peter Lorrillards Farm, in West- 

 chester Co., N, Y. State, there was four acres of 

 ground well prepared late in the spring and sown 

 broadcast, with Lucerne without any other crop, did 

 not cut it that season, but the following year cut it 

 four times, and it continued yielding weli for several 

 years. 



Lucerne has been cultivated for many years in 

 Lower Canada. Its growth upon the farms of the 

 late Mr. Logan, and others in the neighborhood of 

 Montreal has been quite a success, resisting the se- 

 verity of the Canadian Winters, it pHshes forth with 

 vigor in the spring and increases in luxuriance from 

 year to year. It is generally fit for cutting a fort- 

 night earlier than red clover. It starts with remark- 

 able vigor immediately after being cut, and in the 

 course of a week the field is again covered with ver- 

 dure. Lucerne requires a deep soil. Although if 

 sown on a dry, light soil, it will extend its roots 

 downward to a great depth, and will show increased 

 luxuriance of growth year after year. It may be 

 sown from the middle of April till the middle of Au- 

 gust. I sowed about half an acre (broadcast) the 

 25th of June, this year ; it is now (7th August) 18 

 inches high (in flower), and fit for cutting. If the 



