But take heed that no other Harrow come on it after ’tis drill’d; for that might bury it. I never care to roll it at all, unless on account of the Barley; and then only in very dry Weather, with a light Roller, lengthways of the Rows, immediately after ’tis drill’d; or else stay Three Weeks afterwards before it be roll’d, for fear of breaking off the Heads of the young _St. Foin_. Be sure to suffer no Cattle to come on the young _St. Foin_ the first Winter[179], after the Corn is cut that grows amongst it; their very Feet would injure it, by treading the Ground hard, as well as their Mouths by cropping it; Nor let any Sheep come at it, even in the following Summer and Winter. [179] The first Winter is the Time to lay on Manure, after the Crop of Corn is off; such as _Peat-Ashes_, or the like; because, there being no natural Grass to partake of it, and the Plants being less, less will supply them; and because, when made strong in their Youth, they will come to greater Perfection: But I never used any Manure on my _St. Foin_, because mine generally had no Occasion for Manure before it was old; and _Soot_ is seldom to be had of sufficient Quantity in the Country; and little _Coal_ is burnt hereabouts, except by the _Smiths_, whose _Ashes_ are not good. The Price and Carriage of _Peat-Ash_ will be Ten Shillings for an Acre, which would yet be well bestowed in a Place where Hay is vendible; but, by reason of the great Quantity of watered Meadows, and Plenty of St. Foin, Clover, and Hay, raised of late Years by Farmers for their own Use, here are now few or no Buyers of Hay, especially these open Winters; so that laying out Money in that Manner would be in Effect to buy what I cannot sell. I think it better to let a little more Land lie still in St. Foin, than to be at the Expence of Manure; but yet shall not neglect to use it, when I shall find it likely to be profitable to me. One Acre of well-drill’d _St. Foin_, considering the different Goodness of the Crops, and the Duration of it, is generally worth Two Acres of sown _St. Foin_ on the same Land, tho’ the Expence of drilling be Twenty Times less than the Expence of sowing it. One of the Causes why _St. Foin_, that is properly drill’d, lasteth longer[180] without Manure than the sown, is, That the former neither over nor understocks the Pasture; and the latter commonly, if not always, doth one or the other, if not both; _viz._ Plants too thick in some Places, and too thin in others; either ’tis not single, but in Bunches; or if it be single, ’tis too thin; it being next to impossible to have the Plants come true and regular, or nearly so, by sowing at _random_. Plants too thick soon exhaust the Pasture they reach, which never is more than a small Part of that below the Staple: When the Plants are too thin, the _St. Foin_ cannot be said to last at all, because it never is a Crop.