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to yield two loads of hay, and then an af- 

 ter-grafs, in fuch quantity, that, if it was 

 faved for mowing, would, he thinks, yield 

 a load and a half more, is doing very great 

 things. One of his working oxen eats him 

 a load and a half of hay in the winter, be- 

 ildes his mare of turneps and ftraw; all 

 which are given by baits : his cows, each 

 of them eat as much j and he gives a large 

 quantity to his young cattle j and finds no- 

 thing pays better than to feed them very 

 well, efpecially while they are calves, as 

 their growth gives the value. His flock every 

 year has improved fomewhat in fize, except 

 his meep, to whom he is not yet able to al- 

 lot a fufficiency of winter food; but hopes 

 foon to be able to do it> by increafing the 

 quantity of his turneps. Upon my confi- 

 dering the lift of his cattle, as I took it down 

 from his mouth, I objected, that he feemed 

 to have rather overftocked himfelf j he re- 

 plied, he thought not, becaufe they im- 

 proved well in their growth, and grew of 

 a larger fize almoft every year : but he faid 

 that he found the importance of raifing 

 great plenty of manure, fo confiderable, 

 that it was an inducement to him to keep 

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