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feeds would be moftly dropped before it could be 

 got to the rick, and the hay not better than barley- 

 it raw, if fo good. 



I would therefore advife every one, efpecially 

 all who make hay for their own confumption, to 

 cut as foon as the grafs is fairly in bloom, if the 

 weather will by any means permit. 



His laft remark is refpedling Sheep, which re- 

 quires fome confideration. He recommends the 

 keeping a greater number of fheep. This mud 

 ever be determined by the nature of the foil, and 

 the extent of the farm. He cautions againft 

 keeping them too hot, which is certainly right, 

 for in extreme hot weather they fuffer greatly. — 

 But it does not follow, as he afferts afterwards, 

 upon the authority of Monf. d'Auberton, " that 

 iheep are neither hurt by cold, nor by fnow, nor 

 rain" That they feldom fuffer by a dry cold, 

 though very fevere, is very certain; nor by fnow, 

 unlefs it continues fo long as to injure them, by 

 depriving them of their food ; but heavy or long- 

 continued rains are certainly very injurious to 

 them, efpecially to lambs in October and No- 

 vember, when the winter rains fet in. Of the 

 truth of this I am well affured from my own ob- 

 fervation. 



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