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" mers, that the draw which i* eaten by 

 " cattle, is in a uiauner wafted as to manure, 

 " Mr S. I remember, as an argument in fa- 

 " four of his plan of fattening pigs loofe in 

 " the open yard, faid, What a rare parcel of 

 " muck they make, compared with what 

 <c neat beafts would have made from the 

 " fame ftraw? A parcel of lean hungry 

 ftock, fays he, come into a yard, and eat 

 up all the ftraw. See there lies a bundle 

 of ftraw as big as a man can carry. 

 " Mr B. the other day, intimated the fame 

 idea. However, on putting the queftion, 

 he acknowledged, that a little dung and a 

 " little trodden ftraw do well together. 



" In the north of England, the farmers 



" make their cattle eat almoft every blade of 



" their ftraw, fo that they have fcarcely any 



" left to litter their ftalls with. Give a York- 



; {hire and a Norfolk farmer equal quant i- 



' ties of ftraw, the Yorkfhireman would 



" keep more cattle, and carry out his dung 



" at a lefs expence ; whilft the Norfolkman 



" would make more muck. But quere, 



" Whether is the manure better or worfe ? 



" and quere, Which of the two, upon the 



: whole, is the better management ? 



" Much, 



