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doubted ; thus, a much greater stock mny bo sup- 

 ported by the same farm, in one system than there 

 ran be in the other. 



Two circumstances demand attention, which, if 

 d, will consider 'jn the benefit to be 



derived from soiling. The one is, to have a plen- 

 tiful provision of litter ; and the other, much care 

 in feeding; to give the beasts but little at a time : 

 if much be tumbled carelessly before them, it 

 heats, they pick it over, and the waste may be 

 great ; and if a cart be left in the yard loaded, the 

 contents heat, and then cattle will not eat it. A 

 certain degree of care is necessary in every thing ; 

 and in nothing more than in feeding all sorts of 

 cattle. As to litter, it is an object of such import- 

 ance, that provision for the system should be gra- 

 dually made through the winter, if corn enough be 

 not left for summer-threshing to supply the beasts. 

 All wheat-stubbles should be cut and stacked ; 

 leaves, in woodland countries, should be collected ; 

 fern procured from commons and warrens, rushes 

 and aquatic weeds stored from fens, &c. ; and if 

 nothing else can be had, heaps of sand formed for 

 this use ; for which peat also is excellent. An 

 enterprising, vigilant farmer, when he has such an 

 object as this in view, will exert every nerve to be 

 prepared for a system, the profit of which will de- 

 pend so much on the care previously taken to 

 be well provided with litter of some sort or other. 



The first crop that will be ready for soiling is 

 lucerne ; which may be supposed to last all the 



stock 



