( '96 ) 



on an average. This quantity of oats and 

 wheat-fcouge ferved my nine horfes from the 

 middle of September 1795, to the month of 

 June 1796, without any rack-meat or grafs. In 

 the month of June the nine draught horfes 

 were turned out to grafs, during night. 



It is to be obferved here, that I do not fpeak 

 of chopped ftraw as a fubititute for corn : but 

 I mean that it may well fupply the place of 

 hay j and in fuch refpecl: will be found a great 

 faving even for thegreatefl part of the fummer. 



The two faddle-horfes were not much in the 

 liable in the fummer; and the fix acres of each 

 fort, as juft mentioned, befides producing food 

 for my nine draught-horfes, and fome given to 

 cows, fed my faddle-horfes likewife until har- 

 veft, and for a month afterwards : the whole 

 being a period of thirteen months. Some of 

 the wheat-fcouge was left. It is to be noticed, 

 that during the fummer months I had grafs 

 mowed, which was mixed with the cut ftraw. 



Now, let the farmer compare this method 

 in point of expence with that which he has 

 been accuftomed to; or let him attend to the 

 calculation of expence of my own for one 

 or two years prior to the time I have been 



fpeak ing 



