Live Stock. -~- Teams. Neceflary Proportion of different farms. 723 



fure, as in this method they are found to do better without drefling, than in (tables 

 with the ordinary management beftowed by farm-fervants.* In the praclice of the 

 Earl of Darlington it was found to anfwer well. In Suffolk it is likevvife the prac 

 tice with many to turn them into the farm-yard in the nights. The open fhed 

 method with yards does well for feeding on hay and carrots in winter, and foil 

 ing on green food in the fummer, but they fhouldbe conftantly well littered down. 

 It is probable,however,as horfes feldom do very well when much expofed to cold, 

 that the ftable fyftem may have its advantages in the more northern diftricls ; 

 while the open fhed mode may *be preferable in thefouthern parts of the ifland, 

 where the winter feafon is more mild and favourable. 



Corn-chefts and chaff-bins fhould likewife be provided, and it is of confequence 

 to have them conveniently placed for thepurpofe of feeding the teams. The for 

 mer mould be of fufficient dimensions for containing the weekly allowance of corn 

 for the team, and be placed on blocks of wood on the ground, being furnifhed with 

 a proper meafure and lieve to mix the feed in, with the cut chaff. Each carter 

 Ihould have one, and be provided with a lock and key to it; the chaff-bin muft be 

 placed in the centre of the liable when fmall, and in large ones two may be necef- 

 fary ; they fhould be made from about five to feven feet fquare each.-j~ 



The expenfes attending teams are liable to vary fo very much, according to the 

 horfes, the manner of feeding, and other circumftances, that it is difficult to ftate 

 it with any degree of accuracy ; but that which is given below is probably pretty 

 near the truth, as the amount of oats for well-fed horfes is moftly found to be about 

 ten quarters, and that of hay a ton and three quarters. Shoeing about lixteen 

 fhillings. The reft of the items being liable to much variation. $ 



* Annals of Agriculture, vol. XXXVI. 



| To 10 quarters of oats, at 28s. per quarter - 



To 35 cwt. of hay, at 41. per ton 



To fhoeing .-, 



To chaff ... ... 



To farriering .......... 



To decreafe in value - - - 



To 26 weeks fummer grafs at 5s. per week 



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