45 3 Stritfures on Farm-J^Innagement r.far Lctidcrt. Nov, 



and evening. They ouc^ht likewlfe to be rct^iilarly curried every 

 day. 



For the f.ime reafons, economy of food and production of ma- 

 nure, I would ftrongly lecomniend keeping your work horfes in 

 the yard .ill fummcr and autumn on cut green food. 



I do not 3t all approve the long yckings which are pra6lifed 

 ■with you. In this country, the horfe-work of the farm is divided 

 into two yokings, with a conliderable intcrviil for fooci and reft. 

 The horfes are thus enabled to do a vaft deal more work, with 

 a great deal lefs f;:tigue both to the men and themfelves. In hot 

 weather, we wifli the horfes to begin work by four o'clock in 

 the morning. They work five Iiours ; then reft at home during 

 the heat of the day, and again work for four hours, fometimes 

 five, in the afternoon. 



While leading home corn or hay, we begin as foon as it is 

 h'ght, or vv'henever the dew is otf, and work continually as long as 

 we can (c^ ; the horfes having always abundance of food before 

 them while unloading. In thefe two employments, every exer- 

 tion of fpeed is ufed, left the crop be injured by the coming on 

 of bad weather. 



Should you be inclined to build a farm-court of cftices on a 

 complete plan, I ftiall endeavour to defcribe one in my neighbour- 

 hood, which I think the moft perfeft I ever {;iw. 



The buildings which compofe the court of oiTices, form three 

 iides of a fquare, open to the fouth, having the barn in the mid- 

 dle of the north fide, behind which is the rick yard ;, and the 

 ftables, cow-houfes, and feeding flied, complete the reit. At a 

 proper diftance from thefe, leaving a wide paved road all round, 

 a fquare wall enclofes the fold yard, which is divided into four, 

 by two crofs walls, and has a large fquare (lied, open on all fides, 

 over the interfc6tion of the crofs walls. Proper gates are placed 

 to admit the cattle, and to take out the manure ; and windows 

 are left in the fquare outward wall, oppofite to the doors of the 

 ftables and cow-houfes, for throwing the litter into the fold- 

 yard. 



By this arrangement, the young cattle of four fucceffive years 

 are kept fepnrnte, which prevents the youn<ier being maftered, 

 gored, and hindered from feeding by the elder. They have all 

 a covered ftied, for Oielter during bad weather; and there are 

 racks for giving them fodder, both in the four divifions of the 

 fhed, and in the four open yards. 



Along the fouth fide of this yard, there arc proper places for 

 pigs and poultry •, and a pump fupplies water to all the divifions, 

 by means of pipe? and troughs. The fhed, for carts and imple- 

 ments of hufbandry, is at the fouth end of oae of the wings, for 



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