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others in different and diftant Diftri&s. I 

 will therefore here give, in as few words a$ 

 poffible, aJZefcb of my prefent ideas refpedt- 

 ing the proper management of SUMMER PAS- 

 TURES. 



Much depends oh SITUATION, and much 

 on WATER. There are cafes (many of them 

 In this DiflricY) in which the flock are 

 through neceffity confined during the fum- 

 mer in one grafs-pound. Cafes like thefe can 

 Only be lamented, not remedied. There arc 

 others which will admit of only two divi- 

 fions ; that is, of cnefoift : a predicament in- 

 finitely preferable to the firft j but not alto- 

 gether defirable. 



In all cafes, where fatting cattle or dairy 

 cows make a part of the ftock, and where 

 fituation, foil, and water will permit, every 

 fuite of grazing-grounds ought, in my idea, 



tO COnfift of TtiREE COMPARTMENTS. One 



for head ftock (as cows or fatting cattle)^ 

 one for followers (as rearing or othejr lean, 

 ftock), and the third to be fliiit up to frefhen 

 for the leading ilock. 



If at the time of fhifting the followers; 

 there be much feedy berl'agl left upon the 



ground, 



