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such a manner, that however he might wish to 

 give a scarifying, he will be precluded till the 

 young growth is too forward, and will he damaged. 



FOGGING. 



This is a most peculiar husbandry, no where com- 

 monly practised but in South Wales. It consists 

 in keeping the whole growth of grass in upland 

 meadows free from either scythe or stock, and 

 eating it in the following winter. Many years ago 

 I knew a Suffolk clergyman who was in the regular 

 habit of this singular practice, and spoke of it as a 

 most profitable one. I have tried it thrice, and 

 with success : it thickens herbage greatly, and 

 yields far more valuable winter and spring food than 

 any person would expecl: who never tried it. But 

 it should be practised only on dry, or tolerably dry 

 land. 



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