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^' duces their miik ; and to remedy tliis inconveni- 

 '' ence, the manger mufl be filled with freHi grais 

 ^' when they are biouplit home at nigiit ; which 

 *' necelTai ily occviilons a diminution of winter riores. 

 ^' Scarcity of hay mvifl imply a call for flraw ; which 

 ' * ought to have been entirely appropriated to the life of 

 '' the dunghill, as without it no improvement of foil can 

 '^ beexpcded : befides which, bad food is the fouice of 

 '' an infinite variety of diilempers/^ In tlui maiiner 

 the judicious Kliyogg pointed cut a principal caule of the 

 decline of agricukuje in this country. — It is a ccitain 

 fa6V^ that many of our farmers keep more cattle than 

 they can conveniently fapport in winter, 'i he arable 

 and miCadow lands are, by this bad management, depriv- 

 ed of part of the manme they require. The cattle be- 

 ing enfeebled for want ofwhoiefomiC nourlfhment, (par- 

 ticularly towards the fpring) lofe their milk, or tlicir 

 laboring flrength, and frequently die of difeafes eahly 

 accounted for ! Thefe are melancholy tiuths which e^^- 

 perience too \\ cll evinces !* 



'Oar fagacious hufbandman keeps no more live frock 

 than he can amply fupport with grafs and hay Irom his 

 own fields. The (traw is carefully prefer ved, and ufed 



only 



* Tfils pnrt of Kltyo£g*s econorriy is very particular ! The S^ifs 

 firmers muft manage very differently from the Britifh ones, to be (o over- 

 flocked wiih caule. — The misforiune in England is, the rot keepinj; 

 enough ;— but how a rcan Ihculd in general overnock hiaifelf in winter, I 

 knew not, without fuppofii g the moil egregious folly. Large Tock? of 

 cattle are the {oul of good hiffnandry ; but winter food fhould certainly 

 be provided.. — The writer oi this v.ork does not fiifficiently explain ths 

 article of winter food : I apprehend it is hay alone : all ihe ^.x»iv is for 

 liuer : turnips sre mentioned, but fj very fi'tghtly, thai- one can difcover 

 nothing of their management. If therefore hay is ths orilv food, the over- 

 flocking is explained j but the hufbandry is wretched. Y. 



[Qnery. Doc3 Mr. Young re flefi that turnips in countnes where (he 

 cold fetsin caib, , accompanied w^ih fnow which remains till fprir.g, have 

 not the firre advantages 'a hicb they pofTvfa in England* of which the cli- 

 mate is mild : E. J 



