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judging from long and uniform results, is equally 

 suitable for the purpose. In dressing your land 

 abstain altogether from the use of blood-manure, and, 

 indeed, have nothing to do with any other description 

 of artificial fertiliser. According to my own know- 

 ledge and experience, no better dressing can be 

 obtained than that which is composed of a mixture 

 of farm-yard manure, road scrapings, and chalk or 

 lime. Such a compost, made up into a heap some 

 twelve months before it is required to be applied 

 and turned over two or three times in the interval, 

 will answer every requirement of an efficient dressing 

 and be found perfectly safe. Your paddocks should 

 be planned out of different dimensions, the smaller 

 for mares and foals which are to be kept quiet, the 

 larger for yearlings that require plenty of space to 

 gallop and gambol in. The herbage in these 

 paddocks will necessarily spring up mixed with a 

 quantity of rough grass, the result of the deposits. 

 Where that is possible, let the grass in question be 

 fed off by cows. I find it a good plan to turn your 

 cows at night into the pasture which your mares or 

 yearlings may have occupied during the day. In 

 fencing there is nothing better for the purpose 

 than a thorn (quick-set) hedge, with post-and- 

 rails on each side. I would have no trees, which 

 are dangerous in thunderstorms. Let there be 

 erected an open shed in each paddock for the pur- 

 poses of shade and shelter. A constant supply of 

 pure water should of course be on hand in each of 

 the paddocks. With respect to the buildings, I may 



