Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . thacute leaflets, andspikes of Ijeautifulf 1 esli-eo 1 ou reilflowers, striatedwith rosered, onlong stalks. It isa native of the con-tinent of Europeand of the south ofEngland, and ismuch cultivated asa fodder-plant in dry, and i)articnlarly in calcare-ous soils, to which it is aclmirably ailaptcd. Itscultivation was inlroduced into Englaml in ;and l>efore tlie introduction of turnii)-husliandrythe sheep-farmers of the (^halk ilistricts deiiendedalmost entirely upon it, as they still do to a largedegree. It is, however, a
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . thacute leaflets, andspikes of Ijeautifulf 1 esli-eo 1 ou reilflowers, striatedwith rosered, onlong stalks. It isa native of the con-tinent of Europeand of the south ofEngland, and ismuch cultivated asa fodder-plant in dry, and i)articnlarly in calcare-ous soils, to which it is aclmirably ailaptcd. Itscultivation was inlroduced into Englaml in ;and l>efore tlie introduction of turnii)-husliandrythe sheep-farmers of the (^halk ilistricts deiiendedalmost entirely upon it, as they still do to a largedegree. It is, however, a very local crop, beingscarcely cultivati^d on any but tlie most calcareoussoils, where scarcely anything else is e(|ual to it,although it has been found to succeed well on anysoil sulliciently dry. There is no more nutritiousfodder than sainfoin, whether fiu- sheep, oxen, orhorses. Even the dry stems of a crop which hasproduced seed are readily consumed i)y cattle, ifcut into small pieces. Sainfoin is a deep-rootedplant and sometimes endures for ten, or even. Sainfoin (Otwbrt/ckis saliva). (Stebler and Schrbter, Best Forage PlanU.) fifteen years on the same land—more generallyonly for four to seven years; and in the easteriicounties of England it is often sown instead ofclover on light and somewliat calcareous sands andsandy loams, and the ground is ploughed again intwo or three years.—The name sain-foin probablymeans wholesome hay (from Lat. sdiiiis], and not,as is often assumed, a shortened form for sciiiit-foin(holy hay). Saint, a name ajjplied in the New Testamentto the members of the Christian communitygenerally, but restricted by ecclesiastical usagetrom very early times to those who have beenspecially remarkable for their personal virtues amitheir eminent services to the of the ages of persecution the quality which mostof all challenged the ailmiration and reverence ofthe faithful was naturally constancy in the profes-sion and the defence of the C
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