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frrent kinds of clover, faintfoin, lucerne, &e: 

 &c. In is, indeed, not furprifing that animals 

 fhould over-gorge themfelves, when the food 

 is green and lufcious to their tafte : but I had 

 once a fine young horfe, who, by flipping his 

 halter in the (table, got to the corn-bin, and 

 fo immoderately fluffed himfelf with oats, that 

 he was unable to digeft them, and died within 

 lefs than twenty-four hours. Dry food given 

 at intervals, whilft they feed occafionally upon 

 green, will be found the beft method of treat- 

 ing thefe kinds of animals: always taking care 

 to be profufe in neither fort. 



Sheep are very fond of potatoes ; yet I never 

 knew them over-feed upon them : butdoubtlefs 

 they may, as they frequently do upon turnips. 



Cows fed with potatoes produce much bet* 

 ter milk and butter, than when they eat cab- 

 bage or turnips. 



SECTION XVIII. 



Method of harvejiing Grain of all Kinds, with 

 Proofs from afiual Experiments. 



THE reaping corn from ten to fourteen 

 days earlier than my neighbours, is an advan- 

 tage I have lately attended to. As corn begins 



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