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they cut it every Month; whereas 

 in cold Countries it is feldoin cut 

 oftener than two or three times a 

 Year. And it is very likely, that 

 this Plant will be of great Service to 

 the Inhabitants of Barbados, Jamai- 

 ca, and the other hot Iilandb in the 

 Wejl-Indits, where one of the great- 

 eft things they want is Fodder for 

 their Cartle; fince, by the Account 

 given of this Plant by Pcrc Fuillee, 

 it thrives exceedingly in the Spantjb 

 Weft-Indies, particularly about Li- 

 ma, where they cut it every Week, 

 and bring it into the Market to fell> 

 and is there the only Fodder culti- 

 vated. 



' It is alfo very common in Lin- 

 guedoc, Provence, and D'lupkine, and 

 all over the Banks of the Rhone, 

 Where it produces abundantly, and 

 may be mowed five or fix times in a 

 Year. Horfes, Mules, Oxen, and 

 Other domeftic Cattle, love it ex 

 ceedingly ; but above all when it is 

 green, if they are permitted to feed 

 on it, and efpecially the Black Cat- 

 tle, which will feed very kindly up- 

 on the dried Plant; the Excefs of 

 which is, by many People, thought 

 to be very dangerous : but it is faid 

 to be exceeding good for Milch Cat- 

 tle, to promote their Quantity of 

 Milk ; and is alfo faid to agree with 

 Horfes the beft of all, tho' Sheep, 

 Goats, and molt other Cattle, will 

 feed upon it, efpecially when 

 young. 



The Directions given by all thofe 

 who have written of this Plant, are 

 very imperfect, and generally fuch 

 as, if practifed in this Country, will 

 be found intirely wrong ; for mod 

 of them order the mixing of this 

 Seed with Oats or Barley (as is pra- 

 ctifed for Clover) ; but in this way 

 it feldom comes up well ; and if it 

 does, it will draw up fo weak by 

 growing amonglt the Corn, as not 



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to be recovered under a whole Year, 

 if ever it can be brought to its ufual 

 Strength again. 



Others have directed it to be fovva 

 upon alow rich mailt Soil, which is 

 found to be the worft, next toaClay, 

 of any for this Plant j in both which 

 the Roots will rot in Winter, and 

 in a Year or two the whole Crop 

 will be deltroyed. 



But the Soil in which this Plant ia 

 found to fucceed belt in this Country 

 is, a light dry loofe fandy Land, 

 which mould be well plowed and 

 harrowed, and theRootsof all noxious 

 Weedsj fuch as Couch-grafs,o c. de- 

 ftroy "d ; otherwife the fe will overgrow 

 the Plants while young, and prevent 

 their Projrrefs. 



The belt time to fow the Seed is 

 about the middle of April, when the 

 Weather is fettled and fair; for if 

 you fow it when the Ground is very 

 wet, or in a rainy Seafon, the Seeds 

 will built, and come to nothing (as 

 is often the Cafe with feveral or the 

 leguminous Planh) ; therefore you 

 fhculd dways obferve to fow it in a 

 dry Seafon ; and if there happens 

 fame Rain in about a Week or ten 

 Days after it is fown, the Plants will 

 foon appear above ground. 



But the Method I would direct for 

 the fowing thefe Seeds, is as follows : 

 After having harrowed the Ground 

 very fine, you mould make a Drill 

 quite acrofs the Ground about half 

 an Inch deep, into which the Seeds 

 Ihould be fcattered very thin ; then 

 cover them over about half an Inch 

 thick, or fomewhat more, with the 

 Earth ; then proceed to make an- 

 other Drill about two Feet from the 

 former, fowing the Seeds therein in 

 the fame manner as before, and fo 

 proceed through the whole Spot of 

 Ground, allowing two Feet Diltanc* 

 between Row and Row, and Icattar 

 the Seeds very thin jn the Drills. 



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