A New System of Practical Husbandry Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1766 Excerpt: ...the whole produce, when threfhed, amount"ed to one hundred and twenty-eight quarters "and two bufhels; which is very near five quarters "to an acre, taking one part with another: but "thefe twelve acres bore by much the greateft crop in proportion, and feven acres of the twenf ty-fix were fown on beds five feet broad, and "horfe-hoed, which, never produces fp large a "The fummer of 1762 was remarkably dry and f bad for grafs: mapy fields hereabouts, of ten "acres, did nop produce above a load or two of hay; "but this of twenty-five acres produced twelve "tons of good hay: which, considering that the "fainfoin was not nearly arrived at it's perfection, "may be faid tobeconfiderable. "It was now eafy to fee in what parts of the "field the fainfoin had fucceeded beft. "The four acres' fowed before winter had the "fmalleft number of plants of fainfoin of any; ' perhaps not rppre than one or two in ten yards: ' but this ground abounded fo with natural grafs, "that this alone furnifhed a tolerable crop. The "five acres fown in the fpring, without corn, did "not abound much lefs vyith natural grafs, or "more with fainfoin, than the preceding: but-' there being a great mixture of the feeds of rye"grafs with all the fainfoin fowed in this field, the "rye-grafs apoeareddiftinctlyin tufts all along the "rows; and., together with the natural grafs, "feemed completely to h, ave covered the furfacc "of the ground. The rows were much better "flocked with fainfoin plants in the twelve acres "fown with it and barley: but the rye-grafs V abounded herelikewife. "It is remarkable, that the fainfoin flourifhes tc beftin thole parts of the field w...