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but without success, the soil does not seem to agree with it; it prospers best on a creachy soil, or thin skinned limestone.

Lucerne(medicago sativa) has lately been tried by some gentlemen in small quantities, and promises very well.

The method I pursued last year in laying my land down with grass seeds was attended with great success. Instead of sowing my land with barley ane seeds after turnips, as usual, after one ploughing, which was about the last week in April, I sowed half a peck of rape seed, mixed with it one stone of Dutch clover, and one of trefoil; the rape got sufficiently high to shade the young plants from the sun. About the second week in July were turned upon ten acres, one hundred and thirty wethers and ewes, part of which went fat to Rotherham market, about the 11th of Sep- tember, and the remainder I should have sent the latter end of the month, had not mutton fallen in price.

SECT. Il.—nay HARVEST

Is in this county generally in July. Much cannot be said in commendation of the method of making meadow hay, compared with that of the south of England. It is very little shaken, and frequently not tedded; lying for some days in the swathe, and only turned. When once got into cock it is seldom spread out again, unless much wet comes; but is generally thrown into wind rows, or large swathes, before it is loaded. However, an im- provement may be seen every oy in making the hay with more care.

he fear of breaking off the heads is perhaps a good reason for not giving cloyer hay too much shaking.