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ter,as the air is too cold for them, although 

 the bed be covered ever fo well with itraw 

 and litter. 



THE materials and method of making 



the beds, either for winter or fummer, or 



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which of the above-mentioned places they 

 are made in, being the fame, I mail only 

 give directions for making that in the 

 fluid pit for winter ufe. 



THE middle of June provide fome frefli 

 litter from the {tables ; a bed thirty feet 

 long and four feet broad will take ten 

 cart-loads : it muft not be what has laid 

 long and is turned black ; but if mouldy 

 and long will anfwer very well to mix up 

 with fome frefh, at the rate of three parts 

 frem to one of mouldy. Throw it up in 

 a heap under cover, for it muft get no wet, 

 and let it remain for eight days, by which 

 time it will have a gentle warmth, and it 

 is then fit for ufe. Get fome frem tan- 

 ner's bark ; a thirty-feet bed will take 

 three large cart-loads. 



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