322 MAY. 



cularly on one side the road in a tunnel of brick 

 or stone, pass in an arch under the bed of the road, 

 and rise on the other side in a similar tunnel, and 

 then pass en its course. I have seen several of 

 these between Coni and Turin, and in other parts 

 of Lorn-hardy. 



SOILING. 



This month being in general the period for turn- 

 ing out various sorts of live stock to grass or clover r 

 it is now a question which demands the young far- 

 mer's very serious attention, whether he shoukl 

 comply with the more common custom of feeding' 

 off certain crops, or whether he should determine 

 to pursue the soiling system of mowing, and giving 

 them green in the stables, stalls, yards, &c. Con- 

 sidering the decisive superiority of the latter mode 

 of consumption, there is not a fact in husbandry 

 which pught to create so much surprize as the 

 general custom, all over the kingdom, of feeding 

 cows, young cattle, oxen, bullocks, &c. in the 

 fields ; and the almost general practice of manag- 

 ing the teams in the same way. Enlightened far- 

 mers have in many districts adopted this system 

 for horses, but still reject it for cattle ; and it will 

 probably take a century to render it as universal as 

 it might be, most profitably. The objections to \t 

 are not of any importance, even if started in the 

 strongest manner : it has been argued that the 

 expence is an object ; and that cattle will not 

 thrive so well, nor will cows give so- much milk as 



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