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The Compkat Jock&y. 



Kol is olteii, ought to change their bht-ep tor Hili-Country-biieep, which 

 will thrive, and prove lefs fubject to this Difeafe. 



To Feed HORSES weU^ without Hay. 



CHop half a Peck of Straw fmall,and mingle a handful of Oats amonglt 

 it, and put it in the Manger feveral times a Day, and let rhem drink 

 often. Or, you may put in the Pafte of Turnips in ftead of Oats, which 

 will do full as well. Make the Pafte with the Coarfeft Corn ground. 

 Cut, fhred, and chop all your Furs-tops, and give them your Horfes, and ' 

 they will exceedingly thrive therewith : Thisl had from a great Lord. 



A great Traveller ufed to give his Horfe a half-penny worth of Carrots, 

 which will anfwer half a Peck of Oats. 



In Ke7it and HartfordJInre^ they cut Peafe and Oats fmall, and give 

 their Horfes with Chaff or Cut-Straw, and they thereby eat up all, and 

 they thrive exceedingly. Parfnips are excellent likewife for all forts of 

 Cattle, and will feed them fat in a fmall time 5 they will feed Calves and 

 Lambs very fat, and being boil'd, will feed Swine to the height of Fatnels 

 in a Fortnight's fpace, and the Liquor will feed them better than the beft 

 Whey. Cows are very greedy for the Liquor, and the Turnips boil'd 5 and 

 1 have feen them fed thus without any other Food, and they will afford Milk 

 inabundance,niore than with any other Food, and became fat therewith ^ 

 Turnips boird, will feed all forts of Poultry far, and make them lay 

 Eggs conUantly, without any Corn at all, whereby may be kept, Fhea- 

 fants. Turkeys, Geefe, Patridge, Coots, Moor Cocks, in abundance with- 

 out any charge. I have known Horfes kept fat by flicing them, and 

 cafting them into the Manger, and of all Food whatever, nothing is more 

 wholefome and healthful for Cattle, ^c You may keep all forts of 

 Poultry (and Rabbits) by a Palte made of Beatts Liver, the coarielt lait 

 Corn ground, and Bran, with a competent even mixture ; but I have left 

 out the Liver, and made a Pafte, with the reft compounded with Turnips: 

 But in Conclufion, Turnips of themfelves are the only Food for Cattle, 

 • Poultry and Swine ^ Trobatim eft. Turnips boil'd, and mingled with 

 Bran, will feed Hunting Dogs very highly, without ether Relief. 



To i?nprove St, Foin, Clover, Trefoil, &^c. in Gromdmt worth Two Shillings 



an Acre, to Two Poinids^ &c. 



ST. Foin is a mighty Improver of dry and barren Ground, and excellent 

 for feeding Cattle : For the right ordering it obferve thefe Rules. 

 ift, Make your Ground fine, and kill all other Grafs, Plants, e^'c. for 

 ~ they'll choak it. 



2dly, Spare not for Seed ; the more you fow the better and thicker it 

 will grow. In France they fow thefe Seeds and Oats a-like quantity, on 

 Ground that's out of Heart, and mow their Oats only the firft Year, 



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