stitrt ti tion ofGntfs-L(tnd.SoiUng--PropcrYarch andSheds 



But whatever the wafte in thefe different ways maybe, the various trials record 

 ed in the Annals of Agriculture clearly demon ft rate that a vaftly increafed flc ck 

 may be kept upon the fame extent of land, in the method of foiling, over that of 

 the common mode of grazing the cattle in the fields. 



The great point however, in which this practice excels that of pafture feeding, 

 is, probably, in the immenfe quantity of excellent manure that is raifed and pro 

 vided for the production of increafed crops of various kinds, and the additional 

 improvement of the lands; while in the ordinary one fcarcely any thing is contri 

 buted in this way, from t-he dung being fcattered about the fields and diflipated by 

 the heat of the feafons, flies, and other caufes. In fliort, it would feem injurious 

 rather than ufefirl, from its blanching and tendering the grafs plants in the fpots 

 where it remains, which are long in recovering and producing good grafs again. 

 Soiling with green food in fumrner is a method admirably calculated for pro 

 ducing an abundance of manure; as from the great increafe in the urinary difchargc 

 in the confumptioa of green food in this way, and the heat of the feafon, the lit 

 tering material, whatever it may be, is fpeedily converted into manure; by which 

 means, with proper attention, vaft (lores of dung may confequcntly be raifed, 

 where there would otherwife be none ; which is a circumftance of the greateft im 

 portance-, and which abundantly fhows the great utility and fuperiority of the prac 

 tice. By thefe means the fummer produce in manure may, probably, be made 

 to exceed that of the winter, and at the fame time be fuperior in quality, as there 

 is reafon to fuppofe, that the manure produced by any kind of cattle fed in the fame 

 way, when not in a {late of fattening, is much better in the fummer than in the 

 winter feafon. The proportion of valuable manure that the careful farmer may 

 be capable of providing by this fyflem of management is fcarcely to be conceived 

 except by thofe who have been in the practice. In this view it is of much impor 

 tance to have refervoirs for the reception of the urine.in order that it may be occa- 

 lionally thrown up over the litter, and thereby promote its morejfpecdy converfiort 

 into manure. The manure afforded by fattening animals, fuch as hogs and neat 

 cattle, is in all feafons of a rich and valuable quality. 



In order to enfure the fulled benefit and advantage from this fyflem of manage 

 ment, the mod Uriel attention isneceffary to different circumftances; fuch as thofe 

 of having convenient ftieds and yards for the purpofe ; the providing fuitable crops 

 in proper fucceffion to the proportion of dock to be kept ; the feeding and ma 

 naging the animals in a proper manner ; and the making a full proviiion of ma 

 terials for thepurnpfe of litter. 



