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wait for markets, is often profitable, and the litter 

 sure to be converted into excellent manure ; but 

 when the grass-lands will not permit this system, a 

 farmer cannot possibly be too sparing of litter in 

 winter. Hogs form an exception, but I know not 

 another. 



It is a fact, that stock not in fattening condi- 

 tion, make good dung in summer, but they do it 

 not in winter. 



But there is another equal to this important 

 one ; and that is, the food thus given going so 

 much farther than it will do when grazed where it 

 grows. This superiority has, in certain experiments, 

 been marked as amounting to double, thrice, four 

 times, and even five times as far as when eaten in 

 the field ; and when we recollect the old remark, 

 that a beast feeds (or consumes) with five mouths, 

 and it might be said to be with seven, we shall not 

 be surprized at those remarks. However, that food 

 thus given, goes much farther, cannot be doubted ; 

 thus, a much greater stock may be supported by 

 the same farm, in one system than there can be in 

 the other. 



Two circumstances demand attention, which, if 

 neglected, will considerably lessen the benefit to be 

 derived from soiling. The one is, to have a plen- 

 tiful provision of litter ; and the other, much care 

 IB feeding ; to give the beasts but little at a time: 

 if much be tumbled carelessly before them, it heats, 

 they pick it over, and the waste may be great ; and 

 if a cart be left in the yard loaded, the contents 



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