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up among the Grafs, they mould be 

 carefully cut up with a Spaddle be- 

 fore they grow large ; and this fhould 

 be repeated two or three times in 

 the Summer, which will effectually 

 deftroy them ; for if thefe Plants 

 are fuffered to ripen their Seeds, they 

 will be blown all over the Ground, 

 their Seeds having Down adhering 

 to them, which alliiU their Tranf- 

 portation ; fo that they are often 

 carried by the Wind to a great 

 Pittance, and thereby become very 

 iroublefome Weeds to the Grafs. 

 For want of this Care, how many 

 Paftures may b« feen almoll over- 

 run with thefe Weeds, efpecially 

 the Ragwort ; when a fmall Ex- 

 pence, if applied in time, would 

 have intirely extirpated them ! for 

 a Man may go over feverai Acres of 

 Land in one Day with a Spaddle, 

 and cut up the Weeds juft below the 

 Surface of the Ground, turning their 

 Roots upvvardb ; which if done in 

 dry Weather, they will foon decay ; 

 but this muft always be performed 

 before the Plants come to have their 

 Seeds formed ; becaufe, after that, 

 many Sorts will live long enough to 

 nourifh their Seeds after they are 

 cut, fo as to ripen them : and there 

 will be a Supply of Weeds for fome 

 Years after, which cannot be extir- 

 pated without a much greater Ex- 

 pence. 



The proper Management of 

 Pafture-land is the leaft underftood 

 of any Part of Agriculture : the 

 Farmers never have attended to this, 

 being more inclined to the Plough ; 

 tho' the Profits attending that have 

 not of late Years been fo great, as 

 to encourage them in that Part of 

 Hufbandry : but thefe People never 

 think of laying down Land for 

 failure, to continue longer than three 

 Years ; at the End of which time 

 they plow it up again, to fow it 

 w«h Grain. 



Their ufual Method is to fow 

 Rye grafs and Trefoil with Barley,' 

 when they intend to lay down the 

 Ground ; or fometimes fow only 

 Clover with their Barley : nor is it 

 poflible to convince thefe People of 

 their Error in lowing Corn with 

 their Grafs ; which they affirm to 

 be ufeful, in (hading the Grafs; not 

 confidering how much the Cora 

 draws away the Nourifhment from 

 the Grafs : but it is in vain to write 

 to thele People, who are not to be 

 convinced, either by Argument or 

 Experiment j fo much are they fway- 

 ed by Cultom, as not to be led or 

 driven out of their own Method : 

 but as their Practice of Hufbandry 

 has greatly leflened the Circum- 

 flances of the Farmers, fo that the 

 Lands are daily falling into the 

 Hands of the Owners i therefore this 

 Part of Hufbandry fhould by them 

 be principally attended to, as it may 

 be carried on with a much lefs Ex- 

 pence: for Failure land requires but 

 few Hands to manage; whereas the 

 fowing of Corn is attended with, 

 great Expence, and the Profit is very 

 precarious : but when this is attended 

 with Succefs, and the Grain at a mo- 

 derate Price, if the whole Labour is 

 to be paid for, there will be little 

 coming to the Owner for Rent, 

 when the Balance is fairly Hated ; 

 but in this molt Gentlemen deceive 

 themfelves, and often fuppofe they 

 gain by Farming, when perhaps the 

 whole Rent of the Land is iofi : 

 therefore to avoid the Trouble 

 which attends this Sort of Hufban- 

 dry, it will be the beft Method to 

 turn as much of their Land into 

 Pafture, as they can ; which, by 

 Gracing and Feeding of Sheep, will 

 be attended with little Expence, and 

 a fure Profit. 



The Canary Grafs is fown in fome 

 Part§ Qf England^ for the Seeds, 



which 



