478 Cultivation of Grafs Land Stocking PajlurcsPohi ts to le 



being determined by the ted of experiment. It fhould probably be diverted of thofc 

 advantages, that may arife from the circumftance of inclofure, as drainage, fhelter, 

 water, &c. in order to be fairly afcertained, and be merely confidered as to whe 

 ther there may not be more economy or lefs wade in the confumption of the grafs 

 in one way than in the other? and whether it may not go further in feeding or fatten 

 ing the flock in one method than in the other ? As the animals will not, of courfc, 

 remain upon the fame fpot, the difference in refpect to the difad vantage that 

 rr, ay arife from the trampling down and fpoiling the grafs in that way, mult be 

 pretty equal in both methods of proceeding. In the firft mode there will, however, 

 be more difficulty in proportioning the flock to the confumption of the herbage, 

 as well as more trouble and inconvenience in tending it ; which are circumftahccs 

 ef importance. In what regards the grafs being eaten with greater fredinefs in 

 one cafe than the other, it is obvious that the confuming the herbage in a divided 

 flate mud have what little fuperiority there may be, as each time the cattle are let 

 into a new piece of grafs it will be perfectly frcfh -j which in the contrary cafe 

 can only be fo at the firft putting the animals in, as they moftly trample over the 

 whole before they fettle to v feed quietly on any particular part. But there are other 

 points of moreconfequence that feem to favour the feeding padure lands in a divided 

 flare ; fuch as thofe of the cattle not grazing fo quietly in large herds as in fuch 

 as are fmaller ; and where any didurbance happens, either from accident or ne-. 

 ccffity, the whole being diflurbed inftead of only a part. Bcfides, it is found, as 

 has been fhown above, that all forts of dock, when duly proportioned to their paf- 

 tures, thrive better in fmall than large numbers together, being lefs liable to teafe 

 and didurb each other. 



The experience of a writer, who has examined grafs hufbandry with much mi- 

 nutenefs and attention in different didrids, would feem alfo, in fome meafure, to 

 favour the fame conclufion, while it fhowsthe benefit of one fort of dock follow 

 ing another, as he advifes that &quot; in all cafes where fattening cattle or dairy cows 

 conditute a part of the dock ; and where foil, lituation, and water will admit, 

 every range of grazing lands mould have three divifions : one for the head dock, 

 as the cows and fattening animals ; another for followers, fuch as the rearing or 

 other lean dock ; and a third for being preferved in order to freflien for the recep 

 tion of the principal dock .&quot;* And he is decidedly of opinion, &quot; that whether the 



* Marlhall s Rural Economy of Yorkshire, vjl, II 



