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I answer, that the after-grass should 

 never be left uneaten till Christmas ; the 

 meadow should be prepared to receive the 

 water at the beginning of November. 



In the above page, Mr. B. says, " The 

 •** after-grass should not be fed by sheep. 

 ** It will infallibly rot them, in this 

 ** county." 



The after-grass, in the generality of 

 floated meadows which I have seen, will 

 not endanger the soundness of the sheep 

 which feed upon it, unless water has been 

 thrown over the meadow in summer. I 

 had frequently been told, that watering 

 even for one day in summer, would render 

 any meadow an unsafe pasture for sheep 

 in the autumn. To this assertion I did 

 not give credit till a few years ago, when 

 I had an opportunity of ascertaining the 



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