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6cc. and likewife the overflowings of the 

 yards. 



The general management fketched in the 

 three laft numbers, is of importance. Many 

 authors have recommended the building a 

 ftercorary ; but there are a thoufand objec- 

 tions to it, nor is the thing pofTible to the 

 extent of the bufniefs here fuppoled. 



The fubterranean conveyances I appre- 

 hend to be abfolutely neceflary, for fo much 

 water falls in rain, fnow, &c. that without 

 fome means of conveying the furplus away, 

 it will infallibly abound too much. I 

 propofe grates in certain places over the 

 fubterranes to let the water through ; but 

 thefe fhould not be in the loweft parts, that 

 all the water may not run off, only when 

 it rifes too high. 



The management of the yard manure I 

 venture to propofe as follows : 



The end of fummer, and the beginning 

 of autumn, let the area of all the yards be 

 covered at leafl two feet deep with marie 

 or chalk, virgin-earth, ditch-earth, mole 

 and ant-hills, turf, clay, or any of thefe; 

 then let the ftubble and refuie flraw be 

 thickly fpread over the whole, and on thefe 



fodder 



