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is Food : but there are fome who 

 ve Straw to their Cattle while they 

 e feeding upon this Grafs, to pre- 

 :nt the illEffe&s of it ; which muft 

 >t be given them in the Field, be- 

 .ufe they will not eat it where there 

 Plenty of better Food. There are 

 ;hers who fow Rye-grafs amongft 

 eir Clover, which they let grow 

 •gether, in order to prevent the ill 

 onfequences of the Cattle feeding 

 holly on Clover: but this is not a 

 immendable Way, becaufe the Rye- 

 •afs will greatly injure the Clover 

 its Growth. 



Where the Seeds are defign'd to 

 : fav'd, the firft Crop in the Spring 

 lOuld be permitted to ftand until 

 e Seeds are ripe, which may be 

 lown by the Stalks and Heads 

 tanging to a brown Colour ; then 

 fhould be cut in a dry time : and 

 hen it is well dry'd, it may be 

 •us'd until Winter, when the Seed 

 odd be threfh'd out ; bat if the 

 :eds are wanted for immediate fow- 

 g, it maybe threfh'd out before it 

 : hous'd or ftack'd ; but then it 

 uft be well dry'd, otherwife the 

 ;eds will not quit their Hulks. 

 It has been a great Complaint 

 nongft the Farmers, that they could 

 )t threfli out thefe Seeds without 

 •eat Labour and Difficulty ; which 

 Itake to be chiefly owing to their 

 itting the Spring Crop when it 

 *gins to flower, and to leave the fe- 

 >nd Crop for Seed, which ripens fo 

 te in Autumn, that there is not 

 eat enough to dry the Hulks fuf- 

 -.iently; whereby they are tough, 

 id the Seeds rendered difficult to 

 :t out ; which may be intirely re- 

 edied by the leaving of the firft 

 top for Seed, as hath been direct - 



■ When Cattle are fed with this 

 ;ay, the bcft Way is, to put it in 



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Racks, otherwife they will tread a 

 great Quantity of it down with their 

 Feet. 



This Feed is much better for 

 moft other Cattle than Milch Cows, 

 fo that thefe mould rarely have any 

 of it, left it prove hurtful to them : 

 tho' when it is dry, it is not near io 

 injurious to any fort of Cattle as 

 when green. 



The fecond and third Sorts grow 

 wild in Meadows amongft the Grafs, 

 where their Roots will abide many- 

 Years, and are cut with the Grafs, 

 and dry'd for Food : but the third 

 Sort is cultivated in divers Parts of 

 England -y and is one of the beft 

 Grafcs to make a fine Sward yet 

 known. This is commonly cali'd 

 White Dutch Clover. . 



This is an abiding Plant, whofe 

 Branches trail upon the Ground, and 

 fei\d out Roots from every Joint; fo 

 that it makes the clofeil Sward of 

 any of the fown Grafles ; and it is 

 the fweeteft Feed for all Sorts of 

 Cattle yet known : therefore when 

 Land is defign'd to be laid down for 

 Pafture, with Intent to continue fo, 

 there mould always be a Quantity of 

 the Seeds of this Plant fown with 

 the Grafs-feeds: the ufual Allowance 

 of this Se^d is eight Pounds to one 

 Acre of Land : but this mould never 

 be fown with Corn ; for if there is 

 a Crop of Corn, the Grafs will be 

 lo weak under it, as to be fcarce 

 worth ftanding : but fuch is the Co- 

 vetoufnefs of molt Farmers, that 

 they will not be prevailed on to al- 

 ter their old Cufiom of laying down 

 their Grounds with a Crop of Corn, 

 though they lofe twice the Value of 

 their Corn by the Poornefs of the 

 Grafs, which never will come to 

 a good Sward, and one whole Sea- 

 fon is alio loft; for if this Seed is 

 fown in the Spring, there will be a 



Crop 



