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NATURAL GRASSES. 



IN DESCRIBING the management of the 

 different kinds of Grasslands, it will be ne- 

 ceffary to treat feparately of each species, 

 namely, 



I . Grazing-groundsj, 



o.. Meadows^ 



3. Marfhes, 



4. Fens. 



I. GRAZiNG-GROUNDS.T^If we except the 

 parks and paddocks of men of fortune ; who, 

 through economy or falhion, have, in general, 

 difparked their deer, and converted their parks 

 and paddocks into fheep-walks and grazing- 

 grounds ; we find very little upland grafs in 

 ibis Diftrid: : I recollect only one piece, of any 

 extent, in the occupation of farmers. 



There are two caufes of this fcarcity of natu- 

 ral giafsland : the foils of this neighbourhood,^ 



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