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duce a much greater weight of forage than if they had been allowed to bring their feeds to maturity, For it is ob{ery- able of almoft all thefe fucculent plants, that they pufh out. very vigorous fhoots foon after they are cut over, which ad- vance with great rapidity until the plant hath attamed nearly its full ftature;

af see Wasa i cia A ae after which period, it advances more

flowly, tull it at length ,becomes entirely (ane enti cohalalosAa GIB 1 itationary, and is folel; employed about Bsr: Lae en Cz Ale TAY IK7 AG a

the formation of its feeds.| Now, if the

O plant be always cut when it ap towards that ftationary ftate, it always kept i 1 5 tation; and thus it would feem that a much greater quantity of v egetable matter would be produced, than if it were allow- ed to arrive at greater maturity before each cutting.

This is ftill more apparent with regard to Lucerne than broad clover. This plant, if allowed to come to its full fize, will, in a good foil, attain the height of four feet, or a little more, in one feafon. But I myfelf have cut a plant of Lucerne fix times in one feafon, allowing it to be

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