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(fee NORF. ECON. Art. TURN EPS), until the 

 oppcfitc fide be reached : not partially under 

 the hedge, as is generally the cafe here. The 

 hedges are, no doubt, crept to for fhelter ; 

 in windy weather, efpecially, hay will not lie 

 in an expofed place: but certainly the hedges 

 ought to be considered as a refource to fly to 

 in flormy weather; returning to the area of 

 the field whenever the florin abate. 



The GOOD EFFECT of foddering on any 

 grafsland, wbicb will bear the treading of flock 

 in a;';;/<T, is evident to common obfervation. 



The great danger to land which is inclin- 

 ed to tenacity , is that of its being caught in the 

 drought cffpring ; before the fward be reliev- 

 ed by rains or by frofls ; which, by temper- 

 ing the furface, is obferved to releafe the 

 grades from their confinement in the footfteps 

 of flock. On fuch land the foddering fhould 

 not be continued too late in the fpring. 



On light-land grafs many advantages arife 

 from this practice. The fodder is laid up, 

 and the manure carried on at a fmall expence. 

 The contexture of the foil is improved, and 

 mofs (the greateft enemy of land of this de- 

 K 2 fcription) 



