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Artici^e JLIV. 



On the Extirpation of Plants noxious to Cattle on 

 Dairy and Grazing Farms y and the Cultivation 

 ^fjuch as are wholejome and nutritive recommended i 

 with Jom^ Hints on tb^ breeding and rearing Milcb 

 Cows'* 



[By Mr, Benj-amin Axford.]' 

 Gjentlemen, 



THERE is no branch of agriculture which to 

 me appears more important in itfelf, or to 

 open a larger field for improvement, than the con- 

 0u6ling and management of Dairy Farms. This 

 will be very evident, when we ^-onfidcr it as a fadir, 

 that the health and good condition of milch cows, 

 and all grazing cattle, depend in a great degree on 

 the condud and care of the farmer, in keeping his 

 paflure-lands c}ear from weeds and plantsof a noxi- 

 qus quality, and in Hocking them with fuch as ar^ 

 healthful, faiutary, and medicinal. 



But the moft effential and weighty eonfidcrations 

 are, that the health and lives of mankind are^ in 

 fome meafure, dependant on the health and good 

 condition of milch-cows; milk being a vegetable 

 juice, partaking more or Icfs of the good or bad 

 qualities of the plants on which cows feed.. 



Milk^ 



