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before the crop becomes too long for that operation. The firftthing in the cultivation of mofs, is to reduce it from peat or turf tofoil; and the next great objeft is to keep it fmooth, and as folidand moilt as pc.ffible. The roller anfwers thefe latter purpofes, andcannot be too much nfed on cultivated molfes, as their furface oughtalways to he kept exceedingly fmooth. If the turfs or clods re-main unbroken, and lome of them are raifed by the harrow, theyought to be carefully laid into the hollows, or low parts, that thefurface may be made completely even. As rolling is an excellentmethod of rendering the furface fmooth and folid, that operationcannot be too often repeated on cultivated mofs, either while undercrop, or when in pafture. When mofs has been manured with lime,kept fmooth on the furface, and frequently rolled, clover, efpeciallywhite or Dutch clover, will grow on it as well as on any other foil ;but if not rolled two or three times every year while in pafture, theclover will not thrive. Mofs ground ought in all cafes to be fowuand harrowed early, while between the wet and the dry ; and itought always to be kept in view, that mofs becomes fufficiently dryfor the feed fooner than any other foil. Drought for a fingle dayin March or April will render the mofs ready for the feed; and, iftoo dry when fown, the crop never does well.
To complete the formation of the foil, a fecond, or even a thirdcrop may be taken, in the firft courfe of reclaiming a flow-mofs ;but on no account more than three crops before laying down tografs. The mofs may be paftured for two years, or at molt forthree. Some recommend laying from tfto to 240 bufhels of lime tothe acre on the fward, in the winter or fpring before it is broken upfor a fecond courfe of crops ; but others prefer fpreading the limeon the land, as foon as it is laid down to grafs. It would certainlyaft more powerfully on the herbage, and have time to prepare nou-rilhment for the fucceeding grain crops, by diffolving the inert ve-getable matter in the peat, with which it would come gradually in-to contaft, while finking into the foil, which it has a tendency todo. If laid on the grafs land immediately before it is ploughed o-ver, it will be turned into the bottom of the furrow-flice, and maydefcend altogether beyond the reach of the plough, or of vegeta-tion. It may be ploughed, or dug with the fpade, if too foft forthe plough, in November; and, if the feafon is favourable, it willyield an excellent crop, or even two, of oats ; after which, it oughtto be laid down again to grafs. If a crop of potatoes with dung,or turnips, cabbages or carrots, is taken as the fecond crop, eitherin the firft or any after courfe, a white crop niuft follow ; but ne-ver more than two crops of oats ought to be taken in one courfe, as,when lorger cropped at a time, the foil becomes io loofe and dry,that it cannot fupport any crop. What has already been faid ofthe bad c Hefts of poaching bent mofs by the feet of cattle, applieswith (till greater force to flow-mofs. Poaching is certainly delete-rious to foils, by lodging water ; but regular mechanical ptcffurej.