i 800. Revteil) of Middlefix Survey, 8 1 



loam, if well cultivated. This is not a matter of opmion, but 

 confirmed by the experience of farmers in every quarter. 



Clay land has feldom been confidered as lying in the moil 

 profitable (late, when kept permanently in grafs ; nor does the 

 extent of the produce, mentioned above, equal what migbt 

 have been raifed by fowing clover and rye-grafs amongll a 

 fallow crop of corn. We are of opinion, that no land what- 

 ever {hould be kept exclufively inigrafs ; and that heavy foils, 

 efpecially, (land in need of being often recruited with frelh 

 feeds. 



Under the article of Feedi/igy we find the following paf- 

 fage: 



< I am fully perfuaded, that all the ftraw In haulm in the king- 

 dom, over and above what is indifpenfably neceffary for thatching 

 buildings, and littering cattle, might be eafily converted into whole- 

 fome food, and made to contribute materially towards the rearing 

 and fupport of lean ftock, by the llmple operation of cutting it in- 

 to chaff; and, in fome cafes, by the commixture of roots and other 

 articles, in order to render it more palatable, and to induce the cat- 

 tle to eat an increafed quantity. When fo prepared, It H^guld be 

 given to them in mangers of rather a large fize, and calculated to 

 prevent wafte. There can be no doubt but this method of prepar- 

 ing and confuming ftraw, haulm, Sec. would tend confiderably to in- 

 creafe the number of black cattle ; and, when compared with the 

 prefent practice of treading and rotting it into manure of a poor 

 quality, mult be confidered of great national Importance. Thus the 

 llraw, &c. Is not only rendered fit for the fupport of live ftock ; but, 

 by being digefted, and paifed through their bodies, It mufl become 

 a much more highly enriched manure, than in the ordinary way of 

 treading and rotting. ' 



This doftrlne is certainly queftionable. Query, What fup» 

 ports the animal ? Are not the fined parts of the ftraw ap- 

 propriated to that purpofe, while the inferior or feculent part 

 is thrown off for dung ? It is very certain, that a quantity of 

 ftraw eaten, afTifts to ferment the rem.iinder ; but if all the 

 ftraw in the kingdom were cut into chaff, and paifed through 

 the inteftines of an animal, we believe chat both the quantity 

 and quality of dung would be greatly curtailed. 



Mr IVIiddleton very juftly is of opinion, that improvements 

 are executed at let's expence by farmers, than by proprietors ; 

 and rjcommends, as the beft mode of letting lands, that the 

 landlord (liould gv*.nt leafes, proportioning the rent and dura- 

 tion of the leafe, to the narure and fuppofed expence of the 

 intended improvements. We join him in opinion, that this 

 mode would render complete juftice to the ir.terefts, and 

 promote the advantage, ct brth parties. 



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