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 he chops his ftubble j faves all refufe ftraw ; 

 fodders all his crop in his yard ; brings 

 home all his turnips, that are not wanting 

 to his (heep ; and if his litter falls iliort, 

 buys flubble, fern or refufe ftraw of his 

 neighbours: at the conclufion of the win- 

 ter he has a noble dunghill in his yard, 

 that will go near to manure a fourth of 

 his farm, efpecially if he laid a proper 

 foundation of chalk, marl, or turf, to fodder 

 upon. On the contrary, theflovenly huf- 

 bandman keeps his cattle ranging about 

 the fields all winter : the hay of each flack- 

 ed in iti all his paftures are poached; 

 and the manuring they gain by the means 

 too trifling to recompenfe the evil 5 for 

 fuch a thin fcattering is worth but little. 

 His ftubbles he ploughs into the ground ; 

 and for want of a yard, either wades or 

 fells his ftraw, and in order to fave trouble 

 probably, feeds off his turnips whatever be 

 the foil though not one acre in five hun- 

 dred be dry enough in winter to feed with 

 cattle : at the end of the winter, he has 

 fome dung, as much as he cannot avoid 

 having, but v/hat proportion does it bear 

 to the others ? 



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