4 84 Cit It ivation of G raft Land. Cow-keeping* 



to be met with.. Such (kill is difplayed in the forming of them that they fcarccly, 

 ever let the water through or. prove leaky.* 



In cattle drinking-ponds it is a circumftance of great importance to the health 

 of the animals to have the water as pure and free from impregnations as poflible ;. 

 but it is extremely difficult to provide it in fu-ch a flate except, where the water is 

 in conftant motion : fomething might probably, however, be done, efpecialiy, 

 where wafte water pools are provided, in rendering the water more pure, by hav 

 ing it, in its paffage to the large refervoirs, percolating through a fufficient bod/ 

 of coarfe fiindy or gravelly materials fo confined as to prevent their being carried 

 away. 



Cow-keeping^ This is a practice from which much profit and advantage may be 

 derived in particular fituations and circumftances, as where the land lies near large 

 towns, and is highly fertile and productive in good herbage ;. and where in addition 

 to this the farmer has the means of conveniently providing various other forts of 

 food either ofthefucculent, green, or other kinds. But to undertake this fort of 

 management under the contrary circumftances could only terminate in lofs and 

 difappointment. 



But, befides thcfe, there are other circumftances to be regarded in the conduct 

 ing the bufinefs of a milk-dealer, fuch as thofe of providing cows that afford the 

 largeft poffible quantity of milk in proportion to the food they confume. This 



* It is ftated thai fuppofing the dimenfions to be forty feet in length, fixtecn in width, and fix feet 

 in depth in the middle, the expenfe may ftand thus : 



. s. d. 

 &quot;Digging out thfr foundation^ - - ...... 220 



Mafon s labour - - , - y .-w. - - 10 10 



Three hundred bufliels of lime - - - 300 



Ten loads of clay and carriage - - . - 100 



Eight loads, of coal allies and carriage - 180- 



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&quot;Some perfons,who are cautious,go to a confiderable diftance for lime made from the white lyas ilone, 

 which is certainly a ftronger cement under water than the lime burnt on thefe hills. In this cafe an 

 additional expenie is incurred. 



&quot; A pool of thefe dimenfions, if properly fituated, will fupply eighty or one hundred acres with a 

 fufficiency of water for the ftock throughout the year, and if well made may be kept in repair for 

 fixpence a year.&quot; 



+ In most case* rtus will famish sufficient quantity of Jtone for tbc building. 



