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*he Grafs may be well rooted before 

 l he Froft lets in, which is apt to turn 

 the Plants out of the Ground, when 

 they are not well rooted. This Seed 

 mould be fown in moift Weather, 

 or when there is a Profpect. of 

 Showers, which will foon bring the 

 (jrafs up ; for the Earth being at 

 thatSeafon warm, theMoifture will 

 caufe the Seeds to vegetate in a 

 few Days : but where this cannot 

 be performed in Autumn, the Seeds 

 may be fown in the Spring ; toward 

 the Middle of March will be a good 

 time, if theSeafon proves favourable. 



The Land on which Grafs-feed is 

 intended to be fown, mould be well 

 plowed and cleared from the Roots 

 of noxious Weeds, fuch as Couch- 

 grafs, Fern, Rufhes, Heath, Gorfe, 

 Broom, Reft: - harrow, &c. which, 

 if left in the Ground, will foon get 

 the better of the Grafs, and over- 

 run the Land. Therefore in fuch 

 Places where either of thefe Weeds 

 abound, it will be a good Method 

 to plow up the Surface in April y and 

 let it lie fome time to dry ; then 

 lay it in fmall Heaps, and burn it. 

 The Ames fo produced will fpread on 

 the Land ; and be a good Manure for 

 it. The Method of burning the Land 

 is particularly directed under the 

 Article Land, which fee ; efpecially 

 if it is a cold ilifF Soil : but where 

 Couch-grafs, Fern, or Reft-harrow, 

 is in Plenty, whofe Roots run far 

 under- ground, the Land muft be 

 plowed two or three times pretty 

 cieep in dry Weather, and the Roots 

 carefully harrowed oft after each 

 Plowing ; which is the moft fure 

 Method to dellroy them. Where 

 the Land is very low, and of a IHrF 

 clayey Nature, which holds Water 

 in Winter, it will be of lingular Ser- 

 vice to make fome under -ground 

 Drains to carry off the Wet ; which, 

 if detained too long on the Ground, 



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will render the Grafs four. The 

 Method of making thefe Drains is 

 prefcribed under the Article Land ; 



which fee. 



Before the Seed is fown, the Sur- 

 face of the Ground mould be made 

 level and fine, otfrerwife the Seed 

 will be buried unequal. The Quan- 

 tity of Grafs-feed for an Acre of 

 Land is ufually three Bulhels, if the 

 Seed is clean, otherwifc there muft 

 be a much greater Quantity allow'd: 

 when the Seed is fown, it muft be 

 gently harrowed in, and the Ground 

 rolled with a wooden Roller; which 

 will make the Surface even, and 

 prevent the Seeds being blown in 

 Patches. When the Grafs comes 

 up, if there fhould be any bare Spots, 

 where the Seed has not grown, they 

 may be fown again, and the Ground 

 rolled, which will fix the Seeds ; and 

 the firlt kindlyShowers will bring up 

 the Grafs, and make it very thick. 



Some People mix Clover and Rye- 

 grafs- feeds together, allowing ten 

 Pounds of Clover, and one Buftiel 

 of Rye-grafs to an Acre : but this; 

 is only to be done where the Land 

 is dcfign'd to remain but three or 

 four Years in Pafture, becaufe nei- 

 ther of thefe Kinds are of long Du- 

 ration ; fo that where the Land is 

 defigned to be laid down for many 

 Years, it will be proper to fow with 

 the Grafs-feeds fome white Trefoil, 

 or Dutch Clover ; which is an abide- 

 ing Plant, and fpreads clofe on the 

 Surface of the Ground, fending forth, 

 Roots at every Joint ; and makes 

 the clofeft Sward of any ; and is the 

 fweeteft Feed for Cattle; fo that j 

 whenever Land is laid down tq 

 Pafture, there mould always be fix 

 or eight Pounds of this Seed fpwq 

 Upon each Acre. 



The following Spring, if there 

 mould be any Thirties, Ragwort, ox 

 fuch other troublefome. Weeds, come 



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