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thrown upon the ground. They trample it into 

 the dung with their feet, which is no inconsidera- 

 ble loss. 



Cattle will bear to be cold much better than t« 

 be wet. If they be left out in a cold storm of rain, 

 it pinches them exceedingly; so that they will not 

 look so well again for several days after it. The 

 sides of the house where they are lodged, need not 

 be very tight. It might be apt to make them too 

 tender. It will certainly abate the freshneas of the 

 air they breath in, and u.i-t the agreeable flavor of 

 their fodder . But the covering of their house 

 should be pei/ectly tight. No window should be 

 open, through which snow or rain may drive in up- 

 on them. The floor they lie on should have a gen- 

 tle descent backwav* that they may be wetted as 

 little as possible T)y their stale; and they should al- 

 ways have straw or litter under them, not only to 

 soften their lodging, but to lay them the more warm 

 and dry, and absorb the wetness. The better they 

 are littered, the more manure will the owner make 

 for his farm. This is an object of high importance. 

 It would be a good method for cattle that are ti- 

 ed jp, to fodder them in racks. They would not 

 be so apt to rob one **nother; nor to get their fod- 

 der under tK. j" feet; ^ior U render it unpalatable 

 by their breathing 'ipon it. 



Where salt hay can be nad, cattle should now 

 and then be treated with a little of it. It will so 

 increase their appetite, that they will eat poor 

 meadow hay, and straw with it, or after it. But 

 farmers who are far from the sea, and not furnish- 

 ed with salt hay, sbould now and then sprinkle 

 some of their meanest fodder with salt dissolved 

 in water, which will answer the same valuable pur- 

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