sect. II. THE COUNT* OF FIFE. 



the scythe, will not admit of the same method 

 of winning as rye-grass. The practice, there- 

 fore, is, to spread it soon after it is cut, and to 

 turn it repeatedly at proper intervals. As soon 

 as it is tolerably dry, it is put into cocks of a 

 moderate size, which, if the weather continue 

 favourable, are not spread out again, but turned 

 over and enc.reased in size, by putting two into 

 one ; and then, when sufficiently dry, they are 

 put together in tramp ricks, containing from 50 

 to 80 stones^ neatly formed, and made fast with 

 ropes, to secure them against the weather. 



Heating in the stack, to a certain degree, is 

 reckoned no disadvantage to hay, if this be oc- 

 casioned by its own natural sap^ but if by rain,- 

 the effect is otherwise. 



SECT. 17. FEEDING. 



THE quantity of live-stock that can be fed 

 upon any given quantity of pasture, must depend 

 upon a variety of circumstances ; such as the na- 

 tural quality of the ground, and the improve- 

 ment it has received ; its being open or inclosed, 

 and the particular method of management ob- 

 served. Enclosures of a rich soil, and laid down 

 in proper order, will not barely keep in good 

 condition, but will fatten, in the proportion of 

 an ox, or a cow of a large size, to the acre. Of 

 some kinds of pasture, two acres, and of others 

 much more, will be necessary for the same pur- 

 pose. There are considerable tracts of land in 

 the county which would be overlaid if two sheep 

 were allotted to the acre. The various grada- 

 tions in the quality of the pasture, and the ex* 

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