 Sowing clover and other seeds preserved the cattle in the fatal winter of 1673, in the southern parts of England; whereas in the western and northern, through defect of hay and pasture, the greater part of their cattle perished.Hops enough were not planted, but we imported them from the Netherlands of a quality not so good as our own.The authors he chiefly quotes are Weston, Hartlib, and Blith.