Rouen, or Row en, a term denoting the aftermath, or aftergrass of meadows, which is suffered to grow till the ensuing spring, when sheep and other cattle are admitted to depasture on such land. The practice of reserving the aftermath, or second crop of grass, is recommended by the most able agriculturists ; as the cattle feeding on it are not only more healthy, but thrive much better than if they were supplied with turnips, cabbages, potatoes, or other food.

It would exceed our limits to enumerate all the advantages arising from rouen: we shall, therefore, only observe, that the dependence is by no means precarious. Indeed, Mr. Young (Annals of Agriculture, vol. xxiii.) is so decidedly convinced of the superior advantages arising from this practice, both in the quality and quantity of the food, that he declares, he should labour " under very heavy difficulties, if he was deprived of this resource, with so numerous a stock on the farm."