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attention to food becomes neceflary to render them advantageous; which, with 

 common fervants, is feldom fufficiently regarded. 



Befides thefe, there is another practice that deferves attention in particular cafes, 

 fuch as that of buying in fmall cattle in tolerable condition in the autumn, as foon 

 as the after-grafs is ready, in order to their being fattened 1 out on the rouens, and 

 difpofcd of towards the latter end of October, or beginning of the following month. 

 This is a practice fometimes beneficially purfued on the rich hay-farms in the 

 eountyof Middlefex. 



With fheep flock different fyftems of grazing are likewife in ufe. In fome cafes, 

 where the lands are in a ftate of inclofure, it is a profitable practice to buy ewes in 

 lamb in the latter end of fummer or beginning of autumn, keeping them on the 

 inferior forts of grafs-lands-, flubbles, or fallows, till the beginning of January, and 

 then by giving them turnips or cabbages to keep them in good condition through 

 the period of their lambing, and afterwards- in the beft manner that can be con 

 trived, in order that the lambs may become fit for the butcher fufficiently early to 

 admit of the ewes being afterwards fattened, and difpofed of in the beginning of 

 the autumn. 



Another method of grazing fheep is to purchafe wether flock about the begin 

 ning of May, at the age of two or three years, keeping them fcantily till fome weeks 

 after the grounds have been cleared from hay, then bringing them to good keep in the 

 rouen, afterwards fattening them by means of turnips or cabbages, fo as not to 

 have them ready fooner than the beginning of March, which is ufually the fcafon 

 in \vhich they fetch the beft price. This is a fpecies of grazing-management 

 that moftly affords a good profit to fuch farmers as are fufficiently attentive to it. 



In addition to thefe methods there is another,, practifed in fome cafes with great 

 profit and advantage, which is that of buying in lambs of the wether or other kinds 

 about the beginning of September. Thefe are kept in different methods by 

 different managers : by fome they are brought forward with the greateft poflible 

 expedition by the beft keep, fo as to be ready to be difpofed of as foon as poffible. 

 Others, however, adopt the contrary method, keeping them only in a middling way 

 during the winter, till about the beginning of April, and then forcing them by good 

 keep, fo as to have them ready for the butcher in Auguft, or continuing them in the 

 following month, and then clearing the whole of the ftock from the land. This 

 is a practice from which great profit is often derived.* 



* Correded Report of Middlefex, 



