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§ XXVI. 



Of the Culture of Spurrey y and its Advantages. 



The Jperguldy or fpurrey, is a plant which 

 may be made ufe of in the year in which it is 

 fown, and which re-produces itfelf by its 

 feed, and not by its root. The cultivation 

 and the ufe of this root are fo totally un- 

 known in this province, that even its name 

 is hardly known. This kind of fodder is, 

 however, extremely advantageous, and is 

 fo productive and fo quick in its growth, 

 that it may aim oil be procured in the mo- 

 ment of need ; and in light lands, neither 

 plough nor horfes are requifite for its culti- 

 vation. After the crop of corn, may be 

 fown four or five pounds of this feed upon 

 the ftubble in an arpent * of land and the 

 earth muft be fwept three or four times with 

 a bundle of thorns. In about five or fix 

 weeks, there will be found in this field an 

 abundant pafture for horfes, oxen, cqws, 

 and Iheep. The cows which are fed with 



* An arpent is a meafure of land, containing 100 

 perches fquare, of 10 feet each. 



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