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be cut in a dry time, and when it is well dried, it may 
be houfed until winter, if the feeds are not wanted 
before, when the feeds Ihould be threlhed out-, but 
if the feeds are wanted for immediate fowing, it may 
be threlhed out before it be houfed or Hacked •, but 
then it mull be well dried, otherwife the feeds will not 
quit their hulks. 
It has been a great complaint amongft the Farmers* 
that they could not threlh out thefe feeds without 
great labour and difficulty •, which I take to be chiefly 
owing to their cutting the lpring crop when it begins 
to flower, and fo leave the fecond crop for ieed, which 
ripens fo late in autumn, that there is not heat enough 
to dry the hulks fufficiently, whereby they are tough, 
and the feeds rendered difficult to get out j which may 
be entirely remedied by leaving the firft crop for feed, 
as hath been directed, and then the ground will be 
ready to plough, and prepare for Wheat the lame 
year, which is another advantage. 
When cattle are fed with this hay, the belt way is to 
put it in racks, otherwife they will tread a great quan- 
tity of it down with their feet. This feed is much 
better for moll other cattle than milch cows, fo that 
thefe Ihould rarely have any of it, left, it prove hurt- 
ful to them •, though when it is dry, it is not near fo 
injurious to any fort of cattle as when green. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in molt of the paf- 
tures in England, and is generally known among the 
country people by the title of white Honeyfucklc. 
This is an abiding plant, whofe branches trail upon 
the ground, and fend out roots from every joint, fo that 
it thickens and makes the clofeft fward of any of the 
fown Graflfes •, and it is the fweeteft feed for all forts of 
cattle yet known * therefore when land is defigned to 
be laid down for pafture, with 1 intent to continue fo, 
there Ihould always be a quantity of the feeds of this 
plant fown with the Grafs feeds. The ufual allowance 
of this feed is eight pounds to one acre of land, but 
this ffiould never be fown with Corn •, for if there is 
a crop of Corn, the Grafs will be fo weak under it, as 
to be fcarce worth Handing : but fuch is the covetouf- 
nefs of moft farmers, that they will not be prevailed 
on to alter their old cuftom of laying down their 
grounds with a crop of Corn, though they lofe twice 
the value of their Corn by the poornefs of the Grafs, 
which never will come to a good fward, and one whole 
feafon is alfo loft •, for if this feed is fown in the fpring 
without Corn, there will be a crop of hay to mow by 
the middle or latter end of July, and a much better 
after-feed for cattle the following autumn or winter, 
than the Grafs which is fown with Corn will produce 
the fecond year. The feed of this fort may alfo be 
fown with Grafs feeds in autumn, in the manner be- 
fore diredled for the common red Clover •, and this 
autumnal fowing, if the feeds grow kindly, will afford 
a good early crop of hay the following fpring ; and if, 
after the hay is taken off the land, the ground is well 
rolled, it will caufe the Clover to mat clofe upon the 
ground, and become a thick fward. 
The feeds of this white Dutch Clover is annually im- 
ported from Flanders, by the way of Holland, from 
whence it received the name of Dutch Clover ^ not 
that it is more a native of that country than of this, 
for it is very common in moift paftures in every county 
inEngland, but the feedswere never colledtedfor fow- 
ing here till of late years : nor are there many perfons 
atprefent here who fave this feed, although it maybe 
done, if the fame care as is pradlifed for the red Clo- 
ver, is taken with this fort ; therefore it Ihould be 
recommended to every farmer, who isdefirous to im- 
prove his laud, carefully to fow an acre or two of this 
white Clover by itfelf for feeds, which will fave him 
the expence of buying the feeds, which are often fold 
at a great price, and there will be no want of lale 
for any quantity they may have to fpare. 
The farther account of this Grafs, may be feen under 
the article Pasture. 
The third fort grows naturally among the Grafs in moft 
of the upland paftures in this country, but the feeds 
are frequently fold in the fhops by the title of Hop 
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Clover j and are by many people mixed with the other 
forts of Clover and Grafs feeds, for laying down ground 
to pafture : this grows with upright branching ftalks 
about a foot high, which are garniffied with trifoliate 
leaves whofe lobes are oblong and heart-flipped, but 
reverfed at the narrow point, joining the foot-ftalks. 
The flowers grow from the wings of the ftalk upon 
long foot-ftalks, and are collected into oval imbricat- 
ed heads ; they are yellow, and have naked empale- 
ments lying over each other like fcales, fomewhat like 
the flowers of Hops, from whence this plant had the 
title of Hop Cloven But there are two forts of this 
which grow naturally in England. The other, which 
is the fourth fort, is a much fmaller plant than this, 
and has trailing ftalks. The heads of flowers are 
fmaller, and the flowers are of a deeper yellow co- 
lour •, thefe are not abiding plants, fo are by no means 
proper to be fown where the ground is defigned to 
continue in pafture ; but in fuch places where one or 
two crops only are taken, and the land is ploughed 
again for Corn, it may do well enough when it is 
mixed with other feeds, though the cattle are not very 
fond of it green, unlei's when it is very young. The 
large fort is the moft profitable, but this is rarely to 
be had without a mixture of the fmali kind, and alfo 
of the fmaller Melilot, which is commonly called 
None-fuch, orfometimes Black Seeds, for thofe who 
fave the feeds for fale, are feldom curious enough to 
diftinguilh the forts ; but where the beauty of the ver- 
dure is confidered, there muft not be any of thefe 
feeds fown, becaufe their yellow heads of flowers are 
very unfightly among the Grafs ; and if it is in gardens 
where the Grafs is conftantly mowed, the flowers of 
thefe plants will come out near the root in fuch cl uf- 
ters, as to occafion large, unfightly, yellow patches * 
and as the heads decay they turn brown, and have a 
very difagreeable appearance. 
The fifth fort grows naturally on chalky lands in many 
parts of England, and in fome counties the feed is 
fown after the fame manner as the common redClover, 
efpecially on chalky ground, where it will thrive, and 
produce a better crop than Clover. The ftalks of this 
are hairy, and grow eredt to the height of two feet or 
more, and are garniffied with trifoliate leaves, (land- 
ing upon long foot-ftalks, whofe lobes are longer than 
thofe of the red Clover, and have no marks of white ; 
they are of a yellowiffi green colour, and are covered 
with foft hairs. The flowers grow in oval fpikes at 
the end of the branches, they are of a pale copper 
colour ; their petals are long and tubulous, but the 
brim is divided into two lips as the other forts. It 
flowers and ripens its feeds about the fame time as the 
common Clover. 
This is known by the title of Trefoil in the places where 
it is cultivated, but the feedfmen fell the Hop Clover by 
that name •, fo they make no diftindlion between this 
the Hop Clover, and Nonefuch* therefore, by which 
of thefe three titles the feeds are bought, they prove 
the fame. This fort of Trefoil is much cultivated in 
that part of Effex which borders on Cambridgefhire. 
The fixth fort grows naturally in Spain and Italy ; 
this has upright ftalks near two feet high, which are 
hairy, and garniffied with trifoliate leaves, havino- 
roundifh lobes which are fawed at their points. The 
flowers are produced at the top of the ftalk, in lono- 
obtufe, hairy fpikes they are of a bright red colour' 
fo make a pretty appearance during their continuance! 
It is an annual plant, fo is not proper for fowino- with 
Grafs, otherwife it makes good fodder. 
The leventh fort is an annual plant, which grows na- 
turally in the fouth of France and Italy ; it rifes with 
a ftrong herbaceous ftalk near three feet high, which 
is fmooth, and garniffied with trifoliate leaves, whofe 
lobes are two inches and a half long, and near a quar- 
ter broad, (landing upon long foot-ftalks, which are 
embraced by (lipula? or (heaths their whole length 
1’he flowers are produced at the top of the ftalks in 
very long fpikes * they are of a beautiful red colour, fo 
make a fine appearance. It flowers in July, and the 
feeds ripen in autumn. 
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