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 expediency of flacking their hay at home : 

 I fhould however obferve that 1 have feen a 

 vaft number of farms in this part of the 

 kingdom, that have nothing deferving the 

 name of a farm-yard : In this cafe much of 

 the blame lies on the landlord ; for we can- 

 not exped (where it is not the common 

 Guftom) that farmers will take the pains of 

 making one at all events, as many in the 

 fouth do, by building high ftubble ftacks 

 around their barns, for warmth, and feed 

 their cattle no where but within them. To 

 introduce the cuflom, it is abfolutely ne- 

 ceflliry for gentlemen to build their tenanta 

 fuch conveniences as are neceflary for the 

 enabling them to keep their cattle confined 

 in the winter. A farm, one would fuppofe, 



muft have a ftable perhap an ox-houfe, 



a cow-houfe, a hog-ftye or two, and, very 

 likely, more than one barn : All that is 

 neceffary is the raifmg fuch (or whatever the 

 buildings may be) around one fpot of ground 

 for a farm-yard, by which means an inclo- 

 fure would be made ; and that might tempt 

 the farmer to ufe it. The cuflom however 

 fhould be introduced, let the means be what 

 they may. 



His Lordfhip ufes a conuderable quantity 

 of lime as manure ; he lays two chaldrons 

 per acre on land long in tillage, but ]';fs on 

 jiew land ; for turnips three chaldfons ; — -^ 



for 



