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 SECTION XLIIL 



Method of treating Horfes for Hufbandry in Win* 

 ter, on a much letter and cheaper Flan than is 

 ufually praclifed. 



HERE again cut draw will be found of infi- 

 nite ufe, and fave many loads of hay. Al- 

 though hay, in fome parts of the kingdom dis- 

 tant from a market, may not be frequently of- 

 fered for fale, and confequently the farmer not 

 fet fo high a value upon it -, yet 'if he kept a 

 regular account of what hay is eaten by his 

 horfes during the winter, and charged the coft 

 and trouble of making and harvefting it, and 

 the rent of the land, he would find them a 

 ferious and heavy expence ; as will be more 

 fully explained in Section XLVI. 



I am of opinion, that in London, where hay 



is generally dear, it is the mod expenfive thing 



to feed a horfe with. I knew a ftable-keeper 



of eminence, who was of the fame opinion : he 



always faid hay was dearer than corn; and as 



he dealt largely in both, he was likely to know 



fomething of the matter. I have always found 



it to be fo. 



I have 



