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On Clover Allies as Fodder Plants. 
the city of Albany, and wlao took the precaution of laying him- 
self in with well-bred ones at 100/. per head delivered, speaks of 
them as thriftier than the Short-horn, very active in the plough, 
and, on the whole, better suited for the western prairies than the 
richer pastures of the States. The Australian settlers decidedly 
prefer them to the Devons on the pampas, from the fact, inter 
alia, that they have not half their pace, and take so much less 
catching. On the continent they have gained no great hold, and 
in the ranks at Poissy you very seldom find them. Still, if their 
ramifications are not nearly so wide, and if they have not shown 
the same peculiar aptitude for crossing as the Short-horn, it must 
also be remembered that, as a breed, they have been maintained 
principally by struggling tenant-farmers, and have not had one- 
twentieth portion of the money expended on them. They may, 
however, " rest and be thankful " with their bullock-patent. Dis- 
putes, which may run high in the pastures or over " cakes and 
ale," as to relative goodness of breeds, are all levelled by the 
kitchen spit. Men know no politics in boiled or roast, and 
history will not inquire what ox is supposed to have produced 
the "Baron," which Hogarth's lean sentinel apostrophised at the 
gates of Calais : — 
" Oh ! rare rosbif ! loved by mankind, if I were doomed to Lave ttee, 
All dressed and garnished to my mind, and swimming in thy gravy, 
I^ot all the country's force combined could from my fury save thee." 
XVIII. — On 'Clover Allies as Fodder Plants. By James 
BuCKMAN, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c., Professor of Geology and Rural 
Economy. 
In a former volume of the Journal (Vol. II., S.S., Part 2) 
I described the different species of the true clovers, the genus 
Trifolium. This paper will have reference to a series of plants 
of the same natural order — Papilionaceae or Leguminosae — all of 
which have been found more or less useful as fodder plants, and 
in this light alone they will be considered. 
The plants to be reviewed belong to the following genera, 
and are subdivided according to their foliage. 
Leaves. \ I. Vicia Vetch. 
Pinnate. I II. Faba Bean. 
Each leaf consisting of | III. Pisum .. .. • .• Pea. 
several pairs of leaflets. ) IV. Onobrychis . . . . Saintfoin. 
\ V. Liipinus .. .. Lupin. 
Trifoliate, I Ji" ^/^Hiyp^ •• - l^^'J'''^'''- 
consisting of three leaflets. 
VII. Melilotus .. .. Mehlot. 
VIII. Lotus Bird's foot trefoil. 
IX. Medicago .. .. Medick. 
