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fcription) checked or deftroyed by the tread- 

 ing of flock. There can be no doubt that, 

 in fome cafes, and under proper manage- 

 ment, flacking hay in the field, and fod- 

 dering with it on the land it grew on, may- 

 be perfectly eligible. Much depends up- 

 on the nature of the land, and much upon 

 whether the given piece of grafs, or the ara- 

 ble land in the fame occupation, is moft in 

 want of melioration. 



But advantageous as this management may 

 be in fome cafes to light land grafs, a ftriking 

 inftance of the inutility of teathing ftiffland, 

 in winter, with fheep, occurred in this neigh- 

 bourhood. A piece of low cold retentive 

 (but well-flickered) Ingland was foddered 

 upon, during a fucceffion of fevere weather, 

 until its fur face was black with dung. Great 

 expectations of improvement were formed ; 

 but no fenfible benefit whatever followed. 



From this and other inftances of a fimilar 

 1 a cure, it is more than probable that teathing 

 clolely-textured land in winter, is equally in- 

 eligible us manuring it in winter; an impro- 

 priety which I am fully convinced of from 



