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the feed-lhops. The number of grafles fit for 

 the farmer is, i believe, fmall •, perhaps half a 

 dozen, or half a fcore are all he need to culti- 

 vate ; and how fmall the trouble would be of 

 fuch a talk, and how great the benefit, muft be 

 obvious to every one at firfl fight. Would 

 not any one be looked on as wild who fhould 

 fow wheats barley^ oats^ rye^ peas^ beans^ vetches, 

 luck-wheat^ turners and weeds of all forts to- 

 gether ? yet how is it much lefs abfurd to do 

 what is equivalent in relation to grades ? dots 

 it not import the farmer to have good hay and 

 grafs in plenty ? and will cattle thrive equally 

 on all forts of food ? we know the contrary. 

 Horfes will fcarcely eat hay, that will do well 

 enough for oxen and cows. Sheep are parti- 

 cularly fond of one fort of grafs, and flatten 

 upon it fafler, than on any other in Sweden, if 

 we may give credit to Linnc-cus. And may 

 they not do the fame in England ? How fliail 

 we know till we have tryed t Nor can we fay 

 that what is valuable in Sweden may be inferior 

 to many other graffes in England \ fmce it ap- 

 pears by the Flora Suecica that they have all the 

 good ones that we have. But however this 

 may be i Ihould rather choofe to make experi- 

 ments, than conjedlures. 



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