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tie, viz. carrying their turnips, &c. to a dry grass- 

 field, to a farm-yard, or to the house where the 

 beasts are tied up ; the two latter methods are the 

 best. Not many pastures are dry and sound enough 

 to bear the tread of an ox in winter ; and great 

 numbers are fattened in the field, in Norfolk, 

 eating the turnips where they grow. If fattened in 

 a yard, the food, viz. turnips, cabbages, or carrots, 

 must be given in mangers under open sheds, with 

 good cut chaff always in them, if hay is not plenti- 

 ful ; but they will pay well for the best hay. The 

 same rule is to be followed in stall-feeding ; but 

 they must be littered well, or else they will presently 

 have a bound hide, and not thrive. In either 

 of these methods, plenty of litter must be pro- 

 vided. I would advise the use of three waggon- 

 loads of straw, stubble, or fern, to every beast, for 

 so much they will make into dung, which ought to 

 be the guide, and not the expence of the litter, 

 as the dung will repay that with great profit. I am 

 sensible that less will do ; but it should alvv 7 ays be 

 remembered, that raising dung is. the grand pillar 

 of husbandry. 



OIL-CAKE AND CORN-FED BEASTS. 

 Feeding beasts in this manner is so very expen- 

 sive, that if the greatest attention be not paid to 

 them, the loss will be considerable. The points 

 to be constantly attended to, are ; 1 st, cleanness of 

 lodging, by constantly removing dung, sweeping 

 the pavement clean, and giving plenty of clean 

 litter, to prevent all filth from sticking to their 

 hides; 2d ; clean mangers often washed; 3d, and 



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