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Of its salubrity there is no question, and even its medical virtues are confidently spoken of, parti- cularly for sheep suspected of unsoundness. It is excellent winter-food for deer and rabbits.

Several reasons are to be assigned for the ill| success which has attended various attempts to q cultivate this grass, as will appear in the follow- ing directions. Its chief use is as an early grass, and whilst young; and it must never be given to| cattle when old and stalky, nor kept to that state§ when intended for hay. In fact, Burnet should always be reckoned out of season, when other grasses can be had. It never ought to be fed, but from January to the end of April; and upon lands proper for it, with judicious management, it will afford pasture even in January. It receives less ! injury from frost than any other herbage, and will S 3 even grow in the winter months, provided the weather be not too severe. If shut up in April, it will mow at midsummer, after which it must be reserved for seed, until January, or February; when, if the weather be favourable, it may be cut and carried to the stock, as in summer, and after- wards fed(but not too close with sheep) until the time of shutting up. It will produce upwards of a ton of hay per acre, and may be mowed again for seed; but if driven so hard, of course will not produce so large a quantity of spring-feed as when mowed but once. The value of the seed, upon an acre, will be from five'to ten pounds. Granting the truth of this account of Burnet, it would be altogether superfluous to enlarge upon 1 its value to a live-stock farmer: but such advan- tages

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