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No Cattle to be suffered to come on the Saintfoin the first Winter, and Sheep not the following Summer and Winter; it ought to be manured the first Winter.

It may be mowed before in bloom, and is admirable food for horned cattle, and yields a better second crop than if allowed to stand till in bloom.

In making it into hay care must be taken, that the flowers do not drop off as cattle are very fond of them, and they induce them to eat the rest of the plant: Mr. Tull says that this hay is so nutrative, that he kept a team of horses in good order though they worked hard the whole year, without giving them any oats, but the hay of this plant can never be so good as when cultivated with the hoe; for in the common husbandry, it blossoms almost as soon as out of the ground.