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upon draw, with turnips, carrots, or cabbages; 

 for want of either of the three latter, I allow one 

 peck of bran a day to each ox, whilft in conltant 

 work. When my flraw is finiihed, and the fpring 

 advances, they eat hay ; and if they work harder 

 than common in the feed time, they have bran 

 befide. When the vetches are fit to mow and 

 give them in the liable, they have nothing elfe. 

 After the day's work in the fummer, they have 

 a fmall bundle of hay to eat, and (land in the 

 liable till they are cool, and arc then turned into 

 the pafture. 



I am of opinion, that the annual difference of 

 expence in keeping a horfe and an ox, each in 

 condition for the fame conflant work, is at leaft 

 four pounds. 



idly. The value of a horfe declines every year 

 after he is feven years old ; and is fcarcely any 

 thing if he is blind, incurably lame, or very old. 

 But if an ox is in any of thofe fituations, he may 

 be fatted, and fold for much more than the. firlt 

 purchafe; and will always fat fooner after work 

 than before. 



jelly. They are not fo liable to illnefs as horfes. 

 I have never had one indifpofed. 



4/Wy. Horfes 



