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hulbandry of fufFering fuch plants to grow on their 

 lands as fhould not be eaten, or if eaten will -in- 

 jure the farmer*s intcreft, by hurting his cattle, 

 will admire that fdch indolence and extreme in- 

 attention flioiild fo generally be found amongfl: us. 

 To fuch, ic will appear an extraordinary a6t of 

 negligencCj to fuffer pafture-lands to remain over- 

 run with hemlock, thiftles, docks, rufhes, &c. and 

 pur hedges and ditches filled with poifonous plants 

 of feveral fpecies. Equally furprifing will the in- 

 confideratenefs of farmers appear, in fuffcring fuch 

 quantities of nettles, thiftles, &:c. to remain on the 

 fides of our publick roads, till their feeds ripen and 

 arc carried by the winds into all the adjacent fields, 

 where they produce moft: plentiful crops the fuc- 

 ceeding fpring.* 



Cattle, when confined in fuch foul inclofures 

 till their food becomes fcanty, will, (as before 

 obferved) through hunger, devour a confiderablc 

 part of fuch noxious plants with the reft of the 

 herbage. 



• We cannot help exprefling our entire concurrence with Mr. 

 AxFORp'* obicrvaticns on this head. The evil he complains of h 

 fo great and fo general, that it cannot be too much expofed or ccn- 

 ■ fared. In tain may the farmer clean his fallows, or hoe his crops; 

 while this r^nuuns, all hit labour will be loft— all his care incire<5\ual. 



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