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attended to by hufbandmen, as their principal 

 labours will then be fufpended. 



§ XXVI1L 



A new Methoi of making Hay, from the Produce 

 of artificial Meadows. 



In this province they are 'happily in the 

 cuftom of fowing much trefoil, lucerne, fain- 

 foin, &c. but as few perfons are acquainted 

 with the proper method of reducing thefe 

 plants into dry fodder, almoft every body 

 deftroys the leaves and the flowers, which are 

 the beft part, and leave only the ftalks. I 

 mail, therefore, point out the manner of 

 avoiding thefe inconveniencies. 



It is neceflary that ftakes mould be pro- 

 vided of eight or nine feet in length, about 

 the thickncfs of a man's arm ; the quality of 

 the wood is indifferent. In thefe upright 

 ftakes, holes mould be pierced on all fides, 

 fifteen inches one from the other and through 

 thefe holes flicks mould be put of an inch 

 and a half in diameter, and about four feet 



in length. Thefe ftakes mould be driven 



into 



