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tion to the Quantity they contain) will be expofed to 

 the Dew, and St. Foin may be fafely made in much 

 larger Cocks than natural Hay of equal Drynefs can, 

 which, finking down clofer, excludes the Air fo necef- 

 fary for keeping itfweet, that if the Weather prevents 

 its being frequently mov'd and open'd, it will ferment, 

 look yellow, and be fpoil'd; Againft this Misfortune 

 there is no Remedy, but to keep it in the leffer Cocks, 

 Until thoroughly dry. St. Foin Cocks (twice as big 

 as Cocks of natural Hay), by the lefs Flexibility of 

 the Stalk admitting the Air* will remain longer 

 without fermenting. 



This being able to endure more Days unmov'd, is 

 alfoan Advantage upon another Account befides the 

 Weather; for tho' in other Countries, People are 

 not prohibited ufing the neceflary Labour on all Days 

 for preferving their Hay, even where the certainer 

 Weather makes it tefc neceflary than here, yet 'tis 

 otherwife in England-, where many a Thoufand Load 

 of natural Hay is fpoil'd by that Prohibition for want 

 bf being open'd ; and often, by the Lofs of one Day's 

 Work, the Farmer lofes his Charges, and Year's 

 Rent ; which fhews, that to make Hay while the Sun 

 fhines, is an exotic Proverb againft Engli/h Laws; 

 whereunto St. Foin being, in regard of Sundays and 

 Holidays, more conformable, ought to be the Hay 

 as proper to England as thofe Laws are. 



But to return to our Hay-makers : When the firft 

 Cocks have flood one Night, if nothing hinder, let 

 them double, treble, or quadruple the Cocks, ac- 

 cording as all Circumftances require, in this manner; 

 viz. Spread Two, Three, or more, together, in a frefh. 

 Place; and after an Hour or Two turn them, and 

 make that Number up into one Cock •, but when the 

 Weather is doubtful, let not the Cocks be thrown or 

 fpread, but inlarge them, by fhaking feveral of them 

 into one; and thus hollowing them to let in the Air, 

 continue increafing their Bulk, and dirninifhing their 



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