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properly fucceeding another, till the want of the finer forts of herbage obliges them 

 to feed upon thofe than are of a more coarfe nature. In this, as well as other 

 views, the fattening (lock mould be fir 11 turned into the lands and kept upon them 

 fo long as they continue to improve in a proper manner ; thefe may then be fuc- 

 ceeded by the older forts of cattle that require to be brought into condition, and 

 the more young (lore ftock may confume the remainder of the grafs, accord ing to 

 the intentions of the farmer. That great utility and advantage may be derived from 

 often fhifting the cattle by having recourfe to a bead ftock and proper followers, 

 there can be little doubt. The few writers that have touched upon the fubject of 

 grafs hufbandry have in general, indeed, recommended the practice as highly 

 beneficial both in refpcct to the pafture and the ftock. And Mr. Marfhall, in 

 his Rural Economy of Yorkshire, fpeaksof this being a defect in the grafs land 

 management of that diftrict. The correct grafs farmer mould, therefore, be more 

 attentive to this part of his management than is commonly the cafe, taking care 

 that the changes of his flock are made in a feafonable and judicious manner. 



This is probably a practice from which greater utility may be derived than 

 that of permitting many different forts of flock upon the ground at the fame time, 

 as befides their not anfwering the intention of feeding the paflures down with 

 more regularity and cvcnnefs, they are inconvenient and disadvantageous in other 

 refpects. For where the paftures are fed down with a mixed flock, the animals 

 feldom thrive or fatten fo well as where the contrary is the cafe. They are too 

 much driven about and difturbed by the different kinds teafing each other, ef- 

 pecially where horfes and neat cattle are put together. A mixed flock is alfo im 

 proper in another point of view ; many forts of animals feed clofer and more ex- 

 peditioufly than others ; of courfe, when there happens to be any Icarcity 9* feed, 

 fome of the kinds may be greatly injured from the want of proper fupport. The 

 horfe, like the fheep, feeds clofc and quick, while the contrary is the cafe with the 

 cow ; it would of courfe feem improper to mix horfes with neat cattle in the 

 pafluringof grafs lands, though the practice has been prevalent in many places. 

 It has indeed been obferved, thatfheep and horfes may feed and thrive bed together, 

 both from the fimilarity of their manner of eating, and that of the former con- 

 fuming the rich luxuriant herbage which fprings in confequence of the manure 

 dropped in the feafon, while the latter prefer thelefs vigorous but the more clean 

 grafs.* It is a practice, however, that has fometimes been found ufeful, to mix 



* Corrected Report of 1 erthflure. 

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