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Tare, and will ferve for the fame 

 Purpofes ; efpecially the fecond, 

 third, and ninth Sorts, which grow 

 large, and afford a good Quantity of 

 Seeds. Thefe may all be cultivated 

 in the fame manner as the common 

 Sort, and are equally hardy. 



The ufual time for fowing of 

 Vetches or Tares is in the Spring, 

 about the Middle of February ; but 

 from feveral Experiments which I 

 have made, I find it to be a much 

 better Method to fow them in Au- 

 tumn ; for as they are hardy enough 

 to refift the Froft in Winter, they 

 will get Strength early in the Spring, 

 and will grow confiderably larger 

 than thofe which are fown in the 

 Spring, and will produce a larger 

 Quantity of Seeds ; which, ripening 

 early in Summer, may be gather'd 

 i in before Wheat-harveft. 



The Sorts of Vetches which are 

 [cultivated forUfein the open Fields, 

 s fhould be fown in Drills, after the 

 • fame manner as is practifed for Peas. 

 Thefe Drills mould be a Foot and 

 an half, or two Feet, afunder, that 

 ;there may be room for the Hoeing- 

 plough to go between them, in or- 

 Wer to deftroy the Weeds, and to 

 hearth the Plants. Thefe Drills 

 ihould be about the fame Depth as 

 thofe ufually made for Peas; and 

 the Seeds mould be fcatter'd about 

 the fame Diftance in the Drills. Thefe 

 'Seeds mould be carefully cover'd as 

 foon as they are fown ; for if they 

 are left open, the Rooks will difco- 

 «rer them ; fo that where they are 

 not carefully watch'd, they will in- 

 drely devour them. Indeed thefe, 

 being fown in Autumn, will be in 

 efs Danger than thofe which are 

 fown in the Spring ; becaufe there 

 s more Food for Rooks and Pigeons 

 m the open Fields at this Seafon ; 

 Und the Plants will appear much 

 "ooner above - ground. The beft 



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time to fow them is, about the Be- 

 ginning of September ; for the Rains 

 which ufually fall at that Seafon, 

 will bring them up in a fhort time. 

 Toward the Latter-end of Oclober, 

 the Plants will have obtained confi- 

 derable Strength ; wherefore they 

 mould then be earthed up with the 

 Hoeing- plough. This Work mould 

 be performed in dry Weather, and in 

 doing of it Care muft be had to lay 

 the Earth up as high to the Stems of 

 the Plants as poflible, fo as not to 

 cover their Tops ; becaufe this will 

 fecure them againft Froft. The 

 whole Space of Ground between the 

 Rows mould alfo be ftirr'd, in or- 

 der to deftroy the Weeds ; which, 

 if carefully perform'd in dry Wea- 

 ther, will lay the Land clean till 

 March ; at which time the Crop 

 mould be earth'd a fecond time, and 

 the Ground cleared again between 

 the Rows ; which will caufe the 

 Plants to grow vigorous, and in a 

 little time they will fpread fo as to 

 meet, and cover the Spaces ; where- 

 as thofe fown in the Spring will not 

 grow to half this Size, and will be 

 very late in flowering. 



Some People fow thefe Vetches ; 

 and when they are fully grown, 

 plow them in the Ground, in order 

 to manure it. Where this is de- 

 fign'd, there will be no Occafion to 

 fow them in Drills at this Diftance, 

 nor to hufband them in the manner 

 before directed ; but in this Cafe it 

 will be the beft Method to fow them 

 in Autumn, becaufe they will be fit 

 to plow in much fooner the follow- 

 ing Year ; fo that the Land may be 

 better prepar'd to receive the Crops 

 for which it is intended. In fome 

 Parts of France, and in Italy, thefe 

 Vetches are fown for feeding of Cat- 

 tle while green, and are accounted 

 very profitable : and in many Parts of 

 England they are cultivated to feed 

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