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land so covered would imbibe a richness, 

 and become equally mellow, if not more so, 

 especially in wet winters, without frost. As 

 to the summer season, all doubts are out of 

 my mind. It may be said by the reader that 

 what is here proposed cannot be done 

 without an enormous expence. I should 

 not wish to have it understood, that this 

 can be made general : but in such instances 

 as it can be put in execution, it may prove 

 worth observation ; and it is a convincing 

 proof that the Americans make the best of 

 their mite. 



There is a farm, twelve miles from 

 Philadelphia, in the road to New- York, 

 which belonged to a reputed rich merchant, 

 an Englishman, Mr. William Bell. He 

 built a barn and stables, and inclosed a fold- 

 yard, perhaps in as proper a manner as can 

 be imagined. It is a square fold, sur- 

 rounded with buildings ; the lower part 

 for the cattle to eat their fodder under, 

 with racks, mangers, partitions proper for 

 their quietude and composure ; a fold- 

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