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food, and when to sell, i markets suit. All i 

 are very material points, and he will have much 

 satisfaction in being at any time able to ascertain 

 them. Old and very experienced graziers can do 

 without these helps, but they often suffer for want 

 of them. To young ones they are essential. But 

 let a grazier be as experienced as he may in buying 

 and selling, and judging by the hand and eye, the 

 butcher will beat him, from having been able to 

 bring the live to the test of the dead weight, in 

 such a variety of cases, that his knowledge is per- 

 fect. The grazier cannot equal him, but his nearest 

 approximation will be by means of carefully weigh- 

 ing. 



COWS. 



It is no great object to a good farmer to get his 

 cows out of the farm-yard this month, if he has a 

 provision of ruta baga and chaff, as he ought. He 

 must be very amply provided with grasses, indeed, 

 to do it to good purpose, as his flock of sheep 

 must be the first object for spring food. Besides, 

 the raising of great quantities of manure in the 

 farm-yard, is so important an object, that he should 

 keep it in sight as long as possible. Turning out 

 any cattle, before there is a good bite for them, is 

 unprofitable ; for a field so begun will not last 

 proportionably with another of a proper growth. 

 The milch cows should have their bellies full of 

 roots and cut straw throughout this month, and be 

 always kept well littered both in the yard and in 

 the house. 



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