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It may, perhaps, convey forrie ufeful know- 

 ledge, to inform the reader of the purpofes to 

 which thefe farms were applied. 



The /r^>-water marfhes were proper for 

 feeding cattle and fheep, and were far from be- 

 ing bad for horfes. The /alt marfhes were 

 much better for horfes, and excellent for old 

 fheep. Upon horfes they ad as phyfic, and at 

 the fame time make them fat ; but they are im- 

 proper and unwholefome for fleers, and for all 

 young flock, except horfes. Lambs feeding oa 

 them will purge to death, whilft a young horfe 

 will thrive in a mod aflonifhing manner. 



My father employed every means in his pow- 

 er to inftruct me thoroughly in the bufinefs he 

 practifed with fo much fuccefs, and neglecled 

 no opportunity of gratifying the ardent defire s 

 he had of making me a complete farmer; and 

 the ilrong propenfity he thought he difcovered 

 in me, at a very early age, for the profeffion, en- 

 couraged him to perfevere in his endeavours. 



He made me aftiil in performing every part 

 of the farming-bufinefs from the time I was 

 able until I quitted him ; and the experience I 

 gained thus early from my own obfervations, 

 joined to the inftructions of my father, enabled 

 me when very young, to be a tolerably good 



