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It is a matter of fome aftonifliment that no 

 country has yet adopted AN ECONOMICAL EX- 

 PENDITURE OF AFTERGRASS. I have met 



with fome faint attempts in the practice of 

 individuals in different places ; but nothing 

 of a regular confirmed eltabliilicd practice. 



There is one leading principle of manage* 

 ment which is eafy tobeobferved, and by which 

 alone perhaps half the prefcnt wafte might be 

 avoided. This is the felf-evident and fimple 

 one of never fuffering cattle to remain at 

 nights on aftergrafs, nor to return them in 

 the morning while froft remains on the ground. 



In ftridtnefs, they ought never to be fuf- 

 fered to lit down among it, but mould be re- 

 moved as foon as their appetites are palled. 

 Even this, when the expenditure is on cows, 

 is not difficult. But fatting cattle may per- 

 haps require more indulgence. Thefe, how- 

 ever, might, without injury, be let out in 

 the evening into an adjoining ftubble or 

 pafture-ground, and be fuffered to return in 

 the morning, with very little extraordinary 

 attention or trouble. Cows might be folded 

 in a yard, or kept in the houfe, or in the field, 

 as circumftances might require. 



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