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abfurdiry. There may be cafes, in which heavy 

 loads are to be drawn fhort dillances, and where 

 the number of horfes arc limited, as in Londbn ; 

 in which cafes heavy powerful horfes may be 

 eligible ; bur, from the obfervatidns I have 

 been able to make, a compadl horfe is much 

 fitter for the varied employments upon a farm ; 

 and, with refpedtto keep, a main Cdnfideratioii 

 in the choice of a farm-horfe, the advantage is 

 greatly in favour of fmall horfes. The prefent 

 breed in Norfolk, flill retaining a confiderjlble 

 portion of the original blood, are kept at half 

 theexpence at which many farm-horfes, in dif- 

 ferent parts of the kingdom, are fupported. 



In the leifure-months of winter, barley-fliraw 

 is, in general, their only rack-meat ; and thro'' 

 winter and fpring, they are fuppered up with 

 it •, cxccpr, perhaps, in the hurry of barley 

 feed-time -, againft which a referve of clover- 

 hav is made ; provided the teamerman does not 

 make away v/ith it before that time. A Nor- 

 folk farmer has a fimilar difficulty in prevent- 

 ing his men from ftealing hay, as thofe of other 

 countries have to keep them from pilfering 

 rnore than their allowance of corn. 



I met with one inftance, in which a judicious 

 regulation was nL-jde, with refpedt to horfc-hay. 



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