| Title: | Memorandum On Clover Grass By John Beale |
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| Dating: | undated |
| Ref: | 7/114A-B |
[7/114A]
Clover grasse
It were very fit, that some directions were published Concerning Clovergrasse, as proper to take off the preiudice, that is of late against it, & to informe punctually in what soyle it is an improvement, & in what manner it is to bee used.
As first, It may bee layd downe at a Certainety, Howe deepe the roote descendeth where it growes beste, & where it is indifferent, & where it fayleth to bee an improvement for want of due depth.
Secondly, Howe it proves in a stiffe clayland, or wheateland; howe in a hot sandy ryeland; Howe in a very stony land, and howe in a chalky land &c And in which kind of soyle it lasteth longest.
Thirdly It may bee layd downe what best use may bee made of the ground when the clover decayes.
[7/114B]
Fourthly, It should bee carefully advertised, Howe it is to bee used. For sometimes I have seene it good, & yet come to nothing by many kinds of miscarriages. If the Cattle bite it the first yeares some their feete will destroy, & some they will pull up by the roote & sometimes the second yeare it will bee rooted up, especially after moist weather, & after a long drought, if it bee bitten, it will dye; And if it bee mowed in unsettled weather, it will soone bee tainted; if it bee sufferd to bee too far seeded before it bee mowed it wilbe like hard sticks two course for most kind of Cattle. Wee want cleare directions, Howe wee may followe the Custome of Flanders to decline all thiese inconveniencyes. your I.B.