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thing-, the load thrown down on the ground 

 and trampled on hy hogs and poultry. 



Refpcding the manure, fome accurate 

 cultivators keep all their cattle houfed 

 through the winter ; in which cafe, the 

 general receptacle of dung may be at fome 

 convenient fpot not far from the buildings^ 

 and all the houfes conftantly cleared into a 

 cart kept on purpofe, and carried to the 

 compoft-hill. This is an excellent method, 

 as the manures are well mixed ; but the 

 quantity is not fo great as if fom.e cattle are 

 kept in the yard. In this way, the urine 

 fi-om the ftable fhould be conduded in 

 pipes- or channels to a refervoir, and from 

 tlience pumped into a cart, and let out on' 

 the compoft-hlll as often as full. 



In a large farm, it is a queftion whether 

 there fliould be only one or more ftables. 

 I am for feveral, and that for more reafons 

 than one. In a very large flable there arc 

 fo many horfekeepers, that it is little more 

 than a gcifiping meeting ; the horfes are 

 not fo much attended to, as the fellows 

 chattering, gaming, and idlenefs. This is 

 more or Icfs the cafe with all offices, but 

 the more men the Vv^crfe. By the ftables 

 being in feparate divifions, they may be 

 7 diftiibuted 



