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not sdvife above three at moft : and 

 if this Seed were fown in Rows, in 

 the manner directed for the Medica, 

 it would be a great Improvement to 

 the Plants ; for when they have room 

 enough, they are very fubjecl. to 

 branch out on every Side, and be- 

 come very ftrong ; fo that when they 

 are in Rows, that the Ground be- 

 tween them can be itirr'd with an 

 Hoe-plough, it will caufe them to 

 fhoot much ftronger than when they 

 grow fo clofe, that there can be no 

 Culture bellowed on them. 



I have taken up Roots of this 

 kind, where they have grown fmgly, 

 and kept clear from Weeds, whofe 

 Shoots have fpread near two Feet 

 vide, and were much ftronger than 

 thofe which grew nearer together 

 upon the fame Soil. 



There are fome Perfons who re- 

 commend the fowing Oats or Barley 

 with this Seed : but that is a very 

 bad Method ; for what is gain'd from 

 the Crop of Corn, will be doubly 

 loft in the Saint-foin : and this ge- 

 nerally holds true in moll Sorts of 

 Grafs-feeds ; for the Corn, growing 

 over it, doth fo weaken the Crop be- 

 neath, that it fcarcely recovers its 

 Strength in two Years time after. 



The Ground in which this Seed 

 is fown, mould be well plowed, and 

 made very fine : and if you fow it in 

 Rows, the Drills lhould be made 

 eighteen Inches afunder, and about 

 an Inch deep ; in which the Seeds 

 mould be fown indifferently thick ; 

 for if the Plants come up too clofe, 

 it will be very eafy to hoe them cut, 

 fo as to leave the remaining ones fix 

 or eight Inches afunder ; for the 

 Ground mould be hoed, after the 

 Plants are come up, to deftroy the 

 Weeds; which, if fuffered to grow, 

 would foon over bear the young 

 Plants, and deitroy them ; but when 

 they have obtained Strength, they 



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will prevent the Weeds from grow- 

 ing up amongft them. 



The firil Year after fowing, yoo 

 mould by no means feed it down ; 

 for the Crown of the Roots being 

 then young and tender, the Cattle 

 would eat it fo low, as intirely to 

 deftroy the Roots; and if large 

 Cattle were let in upon it, they 

 would trample it down fo much as 

 to prevent its mooting again : there- 

 fore the firft Year it mould be mowed, 

 which mould be done when it is ia 

 Flower, being careful to turn it of- 

 ten, that it may the fooner dry, and 

 be removed ; for while it continues 

 upon the Ground, it greatly retards 

 the Roots from mooting again. 



The time when this Crop will be 

 fit to cut the firft Year, is toward the 

 Latter-end of 'July, or the Beginning 

 of Align ft. After this is clear 1 d off, 

 the Roots will foon (hoot again ; and 

 by the End of September, provided 

 the Seafon be favourable,, there will 

 be a fine Crop fit for feeding : at 

 which time, or foon after, you may 

 tarn in Sheep, which will, in eat- 

 ing down the Grafs, enrich the 

 Ground with their Dung, whereby 

 the Roots will be greatly ftrengthen- 

 ed ; but you mould not fuffer them 

 to remain too long upon it, left, as 

 I before obferved, they mould eat it 

 down too low, which would deftroy 

 the Roots ; nor mould chey ever be 

 fuffered to remain upon it longer 

 than the middle of March ; after 

 which time it mould be let grow for 

 a Crop, which will be fit to cut the 

 Latter-end of May; and if you do 

 not feed it, there will be a fecond 

 Crop by the End of July follow- 

 ing ; fo that you may have two Crops 

 every Year, bcf.des the -Advantage 

 of feeding it down in Winter and 

 Spring : and if you obferve to ftir 

 the Ground belwixt the Rows after 

 every Catting, as was directed for 



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