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round, and nearly close to it, which serves to con- 

 vey all the water from the spot, and render it per- 

 fectly dry and secure. 



The Middlesex farmers are desirous of preserving 

 the green colour of their hay as much as possible, 

 though a lightish brown is of no disservice to it. 

 Hay of a deep brown colour, occasioned by its 

 having heated too much in the stack, is said to 

 weaken the horses that eat it, by promoting an 

 excess of urine, and consequently it sells at a re- 

 duced price*. 



In the making of hay, some attention should be 

 paid to the quality of the soil, and the kind of 

 herbage growing on it. The hard, bcnfy hay. of 

 a poor soil, is in little or no danger ofjiring in the 

 stack : and should, therefore, be put very early to- 

 gether, in order to promote a considerable perspira- 

 tion, as the only means of imparting a favour to 

 such hay, ivhich will make it agreeable to horses and 

 lean cattle : it will be nearly unfit for every other 

 sort of stock. 



It is the succulent herbage of rich land, or land 

 highly manured, that is more likely to generate heat 



* Observation. If you would make your hay come out of 

 the stack of a tine colour, and the beauty of the flowers to appear, 

 the hay you have shaken out of bastard-cocks to prepare for cart- 

 ing, should be cocked in the heat, and remain till the next morn- 

 ing j then turn and open the cocks, for the air to take away the 

 damp that is collected, which otherwise would heat in the stack, 

 and, of course., the beauty of the colour would be done away. 



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