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commend to all farmers, to be more careful of it, 

 than they generally are. It is not uncommon to fee 

 a fourth or a fifth part of it wafted in the confump- 

 tion, by being given to cattle in too great quantities 

 at a time, and in a loofe, flovenly manner. Racks, 

 with clofe bars, fhould be obferved for horfes ; and 

 deep cribs for oxen. Sheep are ftill more apt to 

 create wade; therefore the cutting of hay, in like 

 manner as ftraw is cut, into chaff, is a frugal and 

 excellent practice ; for by this means, there is no 

 walle at all : and it is certain, that hay given in 

 this way, will go confiderably farther, than if given 

 in the old way. It may alfo, by this means, be 

 often, with great propriety, mixed for oxen or 

 horfes, with a fmall proportion of flraw. 



I am fo thoroughly convinced of the advantage 

 attending this mode of confumption, that I fhall 

 fleadily adhere to it, wherever my authority or 

 influence extends. — The ufual price for cutting in 

 this county, is 3d. for four heaped bufhels, and a 

 man, who is expert at it, will earn 3s. 6d. a day, 



NOTES. 



