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barn in the evening: but that part óf the cock which has not fermented, muſt be, again put together into large cocks, and fer- mented in the flame manner: as the preceding part, after which it may be ſpread to dry, and brought into the barn.

Secondly, In ſuch caſes where a ſmall portion-of the cock has fermented thoroughly, but not the greater part, the heap muſt be ſpread abroad in the morning, but muſt be àgain made into a cloſe cock in the evening, 1a ſuch a manner that the part which has fermented be placed at the top or outſide of the cock, and that which has not fermented be incloſed within it; then on the enſuing morning, or if the weather be cold and rainy, on the morning afterwards, the Clover héap may be again ſpread abroad, and the Clover treated as in Caſe No, I.

Thirdly, If, in ſpreading the heap abroad, it be found that nearly the whole of the Clover has fermented, it will not be ne- ceſlary to delay the houſing of the whole on account of ſome ſmall portion; burthe Clover may be dried and carted into the barn. The mall portion of Clover which remained unferment- ed, will not occaſion any diſaſter to: the other which has fer- mentéd-; for there is a-material difference betwixt hay thus ma- naged, and the meadow graſs which is brought whilſt damp, oc wet with rain, into the barn, which will grow muſty and purtrid.

Fourthly, In ſuch inſtances, where ſome of the cocks of Clo- ver have thoroughly fermented, and it rains on the morning they ought-.to:be ſpread abroad, the Clover muſt be opened and ſpread even if it rains violently; ſince, if it was ſuffered to re- main longer in the heap, it would ake fre, or its juices would be injured by too much fermentation; the leaves and ſtalks would become black, and the Clover unfit for food: therfore, if the rain continues, the ſpread Clover muſt be turned from time to time, but not carted into the barn till dry. This drying takes place, if the rain diſcontinues for a few hours, much more expeditiouſly with the Clover which has fermented, than with that made in thie common way. Beſides which it muſt be remarked, that the fermented Clover remains good even if it continues ſome weeks expoſed to the rain, provided it is at laſt ſuffered to dry before it is put into the barn; otherwiſe the wet from the rain will ren- der it muſty and bad. The Clover which has been, for ſo long a time, expoſed.to the rain, will not, however, be ſo nutritious as that which has been well fermented and ſooner dried, but it will be far ſuperior‘to that which has been expoſed to the rain and got up in the common method,

This new mode has been adopted with ſucceſs, during the years 1798 añd 1799, in Sileſia, and found, in every reſpe&, preferable to the old manner. On one of the eſtates there, it rained much during the Hay time; they were obliged to ſpread the Clover out of the large cocks, owing to its having been fer- mented only in the middle: tbe parts which bad not fermented

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