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young {lock, the Inferior fort to oxen. Cows 

 are chiefly kept on hay, even when they are 

 dry of milk; an evident impropriety, efpe- 

 cially when applied to the fhort- horned breed 

 of cows, which generally calve with diffi- 

 culty. 



On a general view it is evident, that the 

 expenditure of flraw in this country is adapt- 

 ed to its climature, and to its (late of huf- 

 bandry. Where grafsland abounds, cattle of 

 courfe are numerous, and ftraw proportionally 

 fcarce. On the contrary, in a cornland coun- 

 try ftraw is more plentiful than flock ; and 

 all that is there thought of is to get it trodden 

 into manure. 



2. Raising Yard Manure. It would be 

 foreign to the prcfcnt work to canvafs tht? 

 propriety of treading Hr aw into manure. This 

 country has generally ilock enough to eat 

 every ftraw it produces; therefore to tread it 

 to manure and to zvafte it are here fynonymous 

 cxpreffions. It is here all wanted as fodder, 

 and it would be an evident abfurdity to litter 

 the yard with it. All I propofe at prcfent on 

 this fubjc6l is, to recommend to my country- 

 jfjen a more economical management ot the 

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