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sons for continuing such lands in pasture, viz, the diffi- 

 culty, from the softness of the soil, of conveying dung 

 from the farm-yard to the fields ; and likewise the ten- 

 dency which such soils have, by exposure to air, to be- 

 come oxygenated, and consequently incapable of yielding 

 the food requisite for the support of vegetables. 



In the mode of stocking such pastures, it is further 

 recommended to keep the fat, the half fed cattle, and 

 the lean or young stock, in different inclosures, as is the 

 praClice in Ireland, and where grazing is well understood 

 in England. The fat cattle should only top the grass, the 

 half fed 'should succeed those, and lastly, the lean or 

 store cattle should follow on the same pasture, and eat 

 the herbage close down ; repeating this practice as often 

 zs the fresh growth of grass will permit. 



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