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will enjoy every encouragement and pro- 

 tection which grass-land is capable of re- 

 ceiving: from the care or culture of man. 



Indeed, if you exclude the chilling 

 blasts of winter, any land that is in tole- 

 rable heart, will continue to encourage 

 vegetation even in the month of January ; 

 but when you not only ward off the effects 

 of wintry winds and frosts, but are inces- 

 santly applying manure of the richest 

 quality to the roots, and round the stems 

 of the grass, it may reasonably be ex- 

 pected, that vegetation will be kept up in 

 a high degree, though the season should 

 be intensely severe. 



It may here be asked, will not spring- 

 water answer the two above-mentioned 

 purposes ? I allow that it will completely 

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