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matter ; but the waggoner very mildly told 

 him, he had found the horses to eat the 

 brown hay the best ; and if Mr. Gittings 

 pleased, he would fetch some of the fine 

 green hay and put in the rack at one end, 

 and let the brown hay remain in the other, 

 and he would see in the morning the brown 

 hay would be eaten and the green hay left: 

 the man observed too that the green hay 

 would sell for more in the market than the 

 other, and thus there would be a saving. 

 This was done ; and in the morning the 

 horses had eaten the brown hay, and left 

 the green untouched. He made some other 

 experiments of the like nature during the 

 winter, and with the same effect. But fur- 

 ther. He could discover a difference in his 

 next year's crop. The meadows that stood 

 to be ripe had a much greater burthen than 

 the rest ; and he is fully convinced that the 

 great cause of his meadows not wanting 

 renewing, as in general others do, is the 

 time of cutting, A similar circumstance is 



