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Grange depended upon the hay being properly 

 got in, regular feeding, and properly ordering 

 the cattle. In the county of Lincoln hay-ma- 

 kers are not fo numerous as in Yorklhire.— 

 The hay made in the Yorkfhire method is not 

 much fuperior to draw. It is true it retains a 

 green colour, by fpreading after the fcythe, 

 turning the next day, and then tedding up at 

 night ; fpreading abroad the next day, and fo 

 on until ready to cock. When firft I faw hay 

 of this kind, I thought, from the fine colour 

 and fweet fniell, that it would prove as good 

 as corn : but as I kept a team of horfes, they 

 foon convinced me of my error; and I was obli- 

 ged to purchafe corn in greater plenty, or let 

 my horfes ftarve. I was juft as much difap- 

 pointed in this hay, as in grinding corn for my 

 working-horfes. 



The method of making hay in Lincolnfhirc 

 is, after mowing, to let it lie in the fwath for 

 fome days, until it gradually dies, and thus re- 

 tains itsjuices. When fufficiently dead, turn 

 the fwath over, and the next day fhake it up 

 and fpread it, give it as much of the fun and 

 air as pofFjble^ and tlien cock it. In a few days 



after 



