5° 



6 



PRODUCTION OF 



Sect. XVIII. I. i. 



cows and horfes 



th 



flail 



h 



fliould 



rthelefs h 



yard or fold occafionally to run into with the convenience of water ; 

 and if ftraw be chopped along with this green food, it might be a 

 cheap and a falutary addition. 



Where a piece of grafs land is overrun with tiifTocks of four o:rafs, 



which often happens near towns, I have been informed, that lime 

 coal-afhes fpread on them would render the grafs fweeter, fo th 



horfes or cattle would 



B 



I fuppofe th 



d 



advantageous management would confiil: in mowing it frequently 

 and giving it to the horfes or cattle in the ftable or flail ; as I believi 



r 



they 



eedily after it has been a few hours withered, and 



thus the land will not only yield more provender at prefent, but af- 

 ter a few mowings a fweeter grafs will rife in the place of that which 



for which purpofe it 



of a bad kind 



f too luxuriant growth 



Ihould be mowed as near the ground as may be ; or if it be freq 

 ly mowed during the fumn;ier, ai 



dleft 



d, fome cattle 

 by which the 



will eat it, when it is withered to a certain decree : 

 difagreeable flavour of it is probably leflened or deftroyed. 



The art of making hay confifts in evaporating about two thirds of 



Dr.H 



-the weight of it, as obferved by Young and Ruckert. 



found a fun-flower plant, which weighed forty-eight ounces to lofe 



hirty-fix ounces by drying in th 



during thirty day 



d 



con- 



iequently to have loft three fourths of its weight. Vegetables to ap 

 pearance perfedly dry contain three fifths or th 



ree fourths of th 



weight of water; a part of which water Mr. Kirwan thinks is 

 its liquid ftate, but that it is by a lofs of much of its fpecific h 



eir 

 in 



II 



^ ...^^fure folidified 



v/ater is throw 



Kirwan on Manures, p. 37 



Th 



h 



lime 



on frefh quick-lime, a part of it unites with th 



d becomes folid, giving out much heat 



which converts- 



other part of it into fleam, as mentioned in Sed. X. 4. 4. 



There are two methods of making hay pra6lifed in different parts 



of 



I 

 1 



i 



( 



