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it fcattered in little heaps about the yard, two 

 or three times a day : the quantity of it eaten 

 is in either cafe fmall ; and, v/ith the latter 

 management, the yard becomes evenly littered 

 without further trouble. 



This method of fatting bullocks on turncps 

 is fomewhat more troublelbme than that of 

 throwing to them abroad ; which, if the foil 

 be dry enough to bear (lock, and light enough 

 to require ''jamming," — is perhaps, upon the 

 whole, the mod eligible management : but in 

 a df ep-land f.tuation, and m a wet, or a fcverc 

 feafon — the yard, if it be kept dry and well 

 littered, is the more comfortable place ; efpe- 

 cially if it be provided with open flieds for the 

 cattle to take llielter under in inclement fea- 

 fon s. 



The tearhe of bullocks abroad is no doubc 

 highly ferviceable to land ; efpecially to a light 

 foil ; while bullocks at turneps in a yard well 

 littered make a great quantity of good ma- 

 nure. 



The ihh'd method is to keep the cattle tied 



up in hovels, or under open llieds, with 



troughs or m.angers to receive the turneps ; 



which, in this cafe, are frequently " chopped ;'' 



U 3 that 



