COWS, SHEEP, ETC. 



the same. Fowls will do great mischief. If these things cannot 

 be kept out of the field, the crop must be abandoned, or the 

 poultry killed. It is true, indeed, that it is only near the house 

 that poultry plague you much : but, it is equally true, that the 

 best and richest land is precisely that which is near the house, 

 and this, on every account, whether of produce or application, 

 is the very land where you ought to have these crops. 



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