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G R 



which are ufed to feed Birds : the 

 white tort is the beft. Thefe Seeds 

 fhould be Town the Beginning of 

 March, on a moderate light So.] ; 

 for they do not thrive well on flrong 

 jcold Land. The Surface of the 

 Ground mould be well ftirred, and 

 snade even, before the Seeds are 

 fown, that they may be equally bu- 

 jried. Three Bufhels of this Seed 

 ;are fufhVient for an Acre of Land. 

 When the Seed is fown, which mould 

 be done in dry Weather, the Ground 

 inuit be gently harrowed to bury tfte 

 Seeds, and then the Whole fhould 

 be roiled with a wooden Roller ; 

 which will fmooth the Surface of 

 the Ground, and prevent the Seeds 

 from being removed by ftrong 

 Winds. When the Grafs is come 

 up, if there mould be any rank 

 Weeds amongft it, they muft be 

 cut up with a Spaddle, as was before 

 directed ; for if they are permitted 

 to grow, they will do great Damage 

 to the Grafs, The Middle of duguft, 

 the Seeds will ripen, when it mould 

 be cut, and, as foon as it is dry, 

 mould be threfhed out, or flacked ; 

 for if it remains abroad, the Birds 

 will devour it : if the Crop arrives 

 to any Degree of Perfection, there 

 will be upward of four Quarters on 

 an Acre of Land. 



The Couch-grafs is one of the 

 mofl troublefome Weeds in Corn- 

 lands andGardens, and is with great 

 Difficulty extirpated : for the Roots 

 of this Kind run very far under^ 

 ground, and every fmall Part of the 

 Root will grow ; fo that if the Roots 

 are torn into fmall Pieces, every one 

 of them will propagate where-ever 

 they are left in the Ground. Where 

 the Land is flocked with this Grafs, 

 it mould be plowed two or three 

 times in dry Weather, during the 

 Heat of the Summer ; and after 

 each Plowing, the Ground mould 



be carefully harrowed, to draw the 

 Roots out, which mould be drawn 

 into Heaps, and the:-. car:ed of," the 

 Ground ; for if the Roots are left, 

 they will ftrike into the Ground 

 after the fuft Shower of Rain, arid 

 foon become iroublefome : fetch 

 foul Land is very unfit to fow 

 with Gram ; therefore it will be 

 proper to fow with Turnep?, and 

 Beans or Peas, which require hoeing 

 two or three times: which, if done 

 in very dry Weather, will be of 

 great Ufe to deflroy the Couch- 

 grafs. Where this Method is 

 not obferved, it is common to fee 

 large Tracts of Land, which are 

 fowl) with Grain, fo much over- 

 run with this Grafs, that many times 

 the Crop doth not produce the fame 

 Quantity of Grain as was fown on 

 the Ground. 



In Gardens this Grafs is much 

 eafier deitroyed than in large Fields, 

 becaufe the Ground being frequently 

 dug, Care may be taken to pick out 

 the Roots in digging; and if there 

 be any left, which appear afterward, 

 the Roots may be eafily forked out; 

 fo that in one Year it tr ay be de- 

 ftroyed, if proper Care be taken 

 But where the Ground is very ful! 

 of the Roots of Couch-grafs, and 

 the Land will admit of being 

 trenched three Spits deep, that will 

 be the molt effectual Way of deitroy- 

 ing it, and will be cheaper than 

 picking out the Roots by Hand; 

 for by trenching the Gre -d fo 

 deen the Couch will be burit .ar 

 two Feet, which will rot i' ; ;,nd 

 turning the Ground fo aeep, will 

 be moreover of great Service to 

 ft. 



This Sort of Grafs is what the 

 College of Phyficiam have ordered 

 to be" ufed in Medicine ; fo that 

 whenever Grals is prefcribed, this 

 is what is jneanr. 



