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this easy way of enriching your farm, together with 

 its profits, needs no comment. One set of hurdles 

 will last, with careful usage, and careful housing, 20, 

 SO, 40, or 50 years, provided they are taken up and 

 secured before the frosts of winter fix them in the 

 ground, and thus expose them to the weather unne- 

 cessarily over the v/inter. Cover with deep plough- 

 ing the manure of the first enclosure, as soon as you 

 have changed your feeding; this will secure against 

 all loss from evaporation by the sun, and give your 

 land an immediate advantage from the fermentation, 

 before the frosts of winter set in. Plough in this 

 manner successively, at your several movings, until 

 you have fed and manured your whole field ; thys your 

 land is prepared for any crop you may choose, and 

 at a small expense, with a handsome profit. Your 

 fat sheep are now ready for market, and your lambs and 

 store sheep are prepared to winter, safe and cheap. 

 The growth on your wool will repay all your ex- 

 penses, both in its quantity and quality. 



Plough up clean and deep such stubble, or sward 

 grounds as you design for Indian-corn the next sea- 

 son, particularly such as are accustomed to be eaten 

 by the cut, or grub-worm ; you v/ill find this practice 

 an effectual remedy. Salt when sown on the sward, 

 will produce the same effect. 



Harrow your land, when ploughed, as fine as possi- 

 ble ; this will prepare it to receive a benefit from the 

 air and frosts of winter, that will richly repay your 

 trouble in the next crop, whatever it may be. 



House your cabbages ; set out in some convenient 

 part of your cellar such as you design for the table, 

 and place those intended for stock in some open shed, 

 or loft, where they will lie secure against heating un- 

 til they are fed out. See Stock. 



Pull and house your turnips designed for market, 

 and the table, or winter feeding, and secure 

 your cellar against frost. 



