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lAew, will take the liberty to offer the following Extraci* 

 iyom the Agricultural Survey of Norfolk in England. 



^ Next to the recommendation of the best modes of cul 

 ture, the cheapest means of effecting it, deserve our at- 

 tention, and, lastly, frugality in the consumption of tlie 

 produce. 



" If it is a fact, which cannot be disproved, that oxen, in 

 some sort of work, are equal to horses, in these cases^ 

 they certainly ought to be preferred, because they are 

 kept at considerably less expence, and less casualty at- 

 tends them. It would evidently be very much for the 

 advantage of this country, if oxen were in higher esti- 

 mation than they are : upon every farm where three 

 teams are kept, one of them, at least, ought to be an ox 

 team ; for though oxen would not, perhaps, entirely an- 

 swer the end, to the total exclusion of horses, there is, 

 tmdoubtedly, a great deal of work that they would, as 

 before observed, do as well, particularly in carting and 

 all heavy work. In most instances, they are nearly 

 equal to horses, and, in their support, they are fully thir- 

 ty per cent, cheaper. There is this country, a strong 

 prejudice against this generous animal, which is the first 

 thing to get over — when that can be removed, the credit 

 of the ox will soon follow. 



" The princi|Kil advantage which the farmer would de- 

 rive from oxen, is in the moderate expence of their keep, 

 and in their being attended, as I have before observed, 

 with less risk. 



" The best way is, howe ver,not to over-work them, for 

 In that case, they will require rather more hay than a 

 horse, and half as much corn, and if they are suiTered to 

 fall into low condition, it will require considerable ex- 

 pence and time to get them up again. 



" In t!;c summer months they should have a pasture to 

 inin in, where there is plenty of water and an open shed, 

 where they should have a bait, on the days they are 

 ^\*orked, of green vetches, cut ^a-ass, or any thing th^ 



