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horfe -(tables, which always contains fmall 

 quantities of hay wafted by the horfes, and at 

 times a little corn and other matters, which by 

 this management will turn to the farmer's pro- 

 fit in a greater degree than if the fame quan- 

 tity of fuch hay had been taken from the (lack, 

 and immediately fpread in the fold-yard •, as 

 the cattle in this cafe eat a great deal of the 

 horfe-dung or refufe ftraw along with it. The 

 fold-yard fhould be nearly level, with a fmall 

 inclination or flope towards the receptacle or 

 refervoir. 



I cannot approve of the management of 

 thofe who would give the fold-yard the form 

 of the infide of a bowl : in fuch a concavity, 

 the cattle on the approach of winter would 

 ftarve by lying fo much in wet : neither would 

 the manure be fo foon fit for ufe ; for the ma- 

 terials it is compofed of, if conftantly covered 

 with water, would fcarcely ever rot. Any man 

 mav fatisfy himfelf of the truth of this afTer- 

 tion, by immerfing manure in water and keep- 

 ing it conftaritly covered. — A fingular proof 

 of this happened not many years fince in the 

 vicinity of London. In finking a well at 

 Tottenham Court, on the eftate of the late 



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