1 ARTIFICIAL GRASSEij. SYixlEM Oi FARMING. aog
2 pikMiiig'iwo-iiifeiitOiies over it, in sudi* u .tMQiier that they suppocft
3 olher. Vast quantities of this drug are exported to India, where
4 it IB a £ivoiiiite ingredient in the cookery iioth' of Hindooa .and Ma*-
5 hommedana. Tobiooo is produced in moat' pests of the country.
6 Amdng the most inqpoitant productions of the husbandij e£ tbe
7 West are Lucerne, and a sort of trefoil, called Shuflut. Laioerne is
8 teyed BaBihkay .in Persian, and Spusta, in Pushtoo. It is generally
9 town in autumn, and allowed to lie thrmigbout the winter under the
10 anow ; ibut, in some places, it is sown in spring. It takes three
11 months to attain perfection ; after which, it may be cut onre a fort-
12 ciiiht for three monlhs or more, provided it be walcred alter each
13 cutting. The ]>lant lasts in (general iive \ears; but i have heard ot'
14 its remaiuing lor ton and eve n titteen yeans. It requires a great deal
15 of "manure. Shuftui is oliener sown in spring than in autumn. It is
16 ready to be cut in less than two montl\s, and the operation may be
17 repeated once or twice. It never lasts longer than tiiree years, and sel-
18 dom longer than one. Both these gra&.ses are given green to the cattle,
19 and also storetl for liay : more is consumed green than is made into
20 hay. Besides tiie natural grasses and the two artiticial ojiei> just men-
21 tioned, there are other kinds of &MMer in Afghaunistaun. Arzuu and
22 gall, as well as jowauree, arc often sown tor the sake of the straw^
23 which is very nourishing, and which, wlien dried, will last all tb^
24 winter. It is also common to cut down the greooi wliest - aiid hukpf
25 before the ear is fimned fir hafBee and odier cattlei end t]u8 piaofekB
26 4a thou^ to be -laot only aefe fast burfoiel. It ia .often repesied
27 ^ieranl tiineB with bedey ; biit» if iqipljed noie tiMa ooDe lo^-wliarf;
28 it ii diought to injme ^ cropw It .ie elao nraal to torn cattle sin^
29 tke eolnmnFaown gndii> to eet doim the plBiita,HriiiGli hawe apmnjg
30 vpbefine winter*
31 I1iap?n noir ennmerated aU the prodacta of hmlMndiy in A(yiiiiBi
32 iateunrOfiiidchlhMmfennatkiti; bnty.k'ia^eHtaini tbal l-nnilt
33 baTe'made'Omiaaionay-'end'it k-by no'sieena improbeUc tbat'I'ma^
34 hare -^neeikofced 'aome vesy eoaDBUU oljaoU of. cultivation. Ji jafaall
35 new-endeavour' to eiplain dm fyatani' of CmtoDigtArfLpyMA. dwjcaofe
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