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early plants are, on their firft cm er fieri, de- 

 voured greedily by cattle and fheep. 



But changing weeds into nutriment, and in* 

 crcafing the quantity of pa/luting furfact^ 

 are not the only advantages arifing from 

 breaking paftures early with flore-cattlc. 

 The cattle themfelves are benefited, by being; 

 removed by degrees from dry meat to grafs, 

 and thereby, in all human probability, pre- 

 ferved from many diforders which cattle are 

 liable to on their firfl being turned out to 

 grafs in the fpring. 



It will be faid, that under this manage- 

 ment paflure-grounds require to be (locked 

 Dinner than in the ufual practice. For a fc\s r 

 days immediately after Mayday, the paflurc 

 will be comparatively^;-/ (a circumflancc, 

 perhaps, favourable to beafts when firft 

 turned out wholly to grsffs), but afterwards 

 the advantage will be evidently in favour of 

 early breaking ; inafmuch as the quantity of 

 furfacc is thereby cncrcafcd. It is therefore 

 dcmonflrable, that under this management 

 pafturcs may be flocked thicker th^n in the 

 common practice. 



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