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means of plenty of litter in the yard, and 

 feeding all the hay, &c. at one place. 



The propcrefl way of confidering the 

 requifites of a farm-yard will be, to ftate 

 the feveral kinds of cattle to be provided 

 for, and the feveral circnmftances that 

 fhould be attended to in each. Firft, 



HORSES. 



The team, while in ftable, requires hay, 

 oats, chaff, and ftraw : if they are kept in 

 in fummer, there fhould be a receptacle for 

 fuch green food as they are fed with. 

 There fhould be room for the harnefs ad- 

 joining. A fpacc Ihouid be left before the 

 ilable-door for throwing out the dung, 

 where it fhould remain ; and the urine 

 fhould be direded fo as not to run to mere 

 w^alle. 



The hay-ftack, or houfe fufHcient for the 

 life of the horfes, fhould be adjoining the 

 liable at the back of it, {o contrived, that 

 the trufTes of hay may be moved from the 

 ftack to the hay-loft over the ftable without 

 trouble. 



I fay tn.ffes of hay ; for the pradice of 

 truffmg ought to be univerfal ; it has a 

 thoufand conveniencics over the common 



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