n. YORKSHIRE. 157 



3. SUMMER MAN AC EMI: NT OF PASTW 

 In this department of the grassland manage- 

 ment, the DiftrLft under fuivey is deficient. 

 ~Xo ftifiing of flock : no head fcock and fol- 

 : nor fmeping of paftures with the 

 fnhe. In the ordinary pra&ice of the coon- 

 try, (lock are turned into pafture-grounds at 

 Mayday and there remain impounded until 

 Michaelmas ; or until harveft be in, when 

 the head (lock are transferred to the mowing 

 grounds -, the ordinary to the ftubbles ; to 

 partake of the u average :" a provincial 

 term for the eatage of arable land after har- 

 vcft ; a term probably originating in the an- 

 cient common-field management. 



I have already intimated, that it is not my 

 intention to make the prefent n didactic 

 work. Neverthclefs, where I find what ap- 

 vKirs to me caufe of ceni'ure, itmay be right 

 to mention what I think would be a means of 

 doing it away. 



The grafslanJ management is no longer a 

 iubjccr. which is new to me. I have now had 

 a confiderable mare of experience in my own 

 practice, and have alfo had opportunities of 

 abfcrving on a large fcale the practice of 



