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manure: and although by this practice, 

 the fariiier cannot provide green food for 

 all the months of winter, yet he can, there- 

 by, considerably shorten the wintry void ; 

 for in iVlarch and April, which are the two 

 most tr5ang months to the farmer, these 

 meadows are covered with grass enough 

 to receive any kind of stock, if the wea- 

 ther will permit. 



The strong proof of the great utility of 

 this practice, which I above allude to, is 

 this: — Having heard that the proprietor 

 of an old floated meadow, in the village 

 which I have had occasion to mention 

 before, had disposed of the produce of it, 

 in a way that was well calculated to ascer- 

 tain its real value,' I wrote to a person who 

 resides on the spot, requesting him to send 

 me a particular account of the product of 



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