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neceffary articles; by attention and a little art 

 they may all be foon raifed a: a fmall expence : 

 and Hall-feeding would be attended with much 

 lefs expence than is generally apprehended, if 

 a little care were taken in the management; 

 for I am firmly of opinion that one man and 

 a boy are fufficient to look after forty head of 

 cattle, to cut the draw and mix it with their 

 green food in fummer, and with their hay in 

 winter. But, fuppofing the cattle double that 

 number, a machine worked by a horfe might 

 be erected in fome proper place, which might 

 perform various operations, fuch as thrafhing 

 of corn, cutting of ftraw, &c. Such a machine 

 would at fir ft coil money ; and the farmer muft 

 have a capital to fpare to enable him to erect 

 it: but he will ftill have but one rent to pay for 

 his farm, the produce will be doubled ; his 

 bufinefs will be near him, and his flock in a 

 thriving ftate; he feels himfelf comfortable, 

 and is the admiration of his neighbours. 



The difagreeable eircumftancc of the land 

 rotting fheep, the reader will obferve, is done 

 away by ploughing the eighty-four acres of 

 clay-land, and eating the feeds, fainrfoin, ed- 



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