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amends for their being so fed as to 

 be well grown. If the farmer's 

 view in increasing his stock, be to 

 make as much dung as possible, he 

 should be reminded of what he 

 ought to know already, that the 

 dung of a small stock will be equal 

 to that of a large one, if it consume 

 the same quantity of fodder. If a 

 farmer make this objection to pas- 

 turing his young flock, that his 

 farm is not large enough to admit 

 of it ; he may fnid an answer, by 

 turning to the article, Moviing 

 Grounds, where diminishing their 

 number of acres, and increasing that 

 of pasture ground, is recommend- 

 ed, and sufficient reasons assigned. 



In the winter, cattle should be 

 housed, to defend them from the 

 inclemenciesof the weather. For 

 though nature furnishes them with 

 a thicker covering of hair in win- 

 ter than in summer, the ditference 

 is not near so great as that of the 

 weather in this climate. Working 

 oxen, and milch cows, will suiVer 

 more than the rest by lying abroad. 

 If the farmer cannot conveniently 

 house all his cattle, those should be 

 left out which are between the age 

 of one and three years. And those 

 that lie out should have a shed, 

 open only to the south and west, to 

 shelter themselves under in stormy 

 weather. 



The injuries which cattle re- 

 ceive from one another, when they 

 arc lodged together in a yard, is 

 an additional reason for tying them 

 up in the barn. To which it may 

 be added, that a great part of the 

 fodder given them is wasted, even 

 when it is given them in racks ; 

 ^puch more, when it is thrown up- 



on the ground. They trample it 

 mto the dung with their feet, which 

 is no inconsiderable loss. 



Cattle will bear to be cold much 

 better than to be wet. If fhey be 

 left out in cold storms of rain, it 

 pinches them exceedinjilv ; so that 

 they will not look so well agam for 

 several days after it. The sides of 

 the house where they are lodged, 

 need not be very tight. It nught 

 be apt to make them too tender. 

 It will certainly abate ihe freshiiess 

 of the air they breathe in, and hurt 

 the agreeable flavour of their fod- 

 der. But the covering of their 

 house should be perfectly tight. — 

 No window should be open, through 

 which snow or rain may drive in 

 upon them. The floor they lie 

 on should have a gentle descent 

 backward, that they may be wet- 

 ted as little as possible by their 

 stale ; and they should always have 

 straw or litter under them, not on- 

 ly to soften their lodging, but to 

 lay them the more warm and dry, 

 and absorb the wetness. The bet- 

 ter they are littered, the more ma- 

 nure will the owner make for his 

 farm. This is an object of high 

 importance. 



it would be a good method for 

 cattle that are tied up, to fodder 

 them in racks. They would not 

 be so apt to rob one another ; nor 

 to get their fodder under their teet] 

 nor to render it unpalatable by 

 their breathing upon it. 



Where salt hay can be had, cat- 

 tle should now and then be treated 

 with a little of it. It will so in- 

 crease their appetite, that they will 

 eat poor meadow hay, and straw 

 with it. or after it. But farmers, 



