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and fat, than he who is deftitute of thefe prin- 

 ciples. The good ceconomifl will obferve the 

 fame of his hay. For although many herbs, 

 when dry, are eat, which when green would 

 be refuled, it does not follow from hence that 

 they yield good nourilhment. Much might be 

 added concerning the propenfion of cattle to 

 this or that plant, which the compafs of this 

 fmall trad will not admit of-, e. g. that Jloeep 

 above all things delight in xhQ feftuca 95. and 

 grow fatter upon it than any other kind of 

 grafs ; that goats prefer certain plants, but 

 being led by an inflindt peculiar to themfelves, 

 they fearch more after variety, and do not long 

 willingly flick to any one kind of food whatever; 

 that geefe are particularly fond of the feeds of 

 the feftuca^ Fl. 90 ; that fwine greedily hunt 

 after the roots of the hull-rujh 40. while they 

 are frefli, but will not touch them when dry. 

 Hence it appears that it is in vain to contrive 

 engines to extrafb the roots of the hull-rujh out 

 of the water, and dry them for the ufe of thefe 

 animals in winter. Becaufe thefe animals fpoil 

 the meadows, where the fccrzojtera grows, in 

 order to come at its root, which they delight 

 in ; and alfo the fields, to get at the loots of 

 clowns-all-heal^ the hufbandman imagines they 



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