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being empty ever at that time of the Year, and may 
eafily be fitted in two or three days time without any 
Prejudice ; whereby their Cattle would be much fliel- 
tered from thofe pinching (harp Frofts that fome Nights 
on a fudden become very fevere. I had another Pro- 
ject for the Prefervation of their Cattle proved very 
fuccefsful ; I urged the Lady to fow her Wheat as early 
as poflibly flie could, fo that before Winter it might be 
well rooted, to be early and flourifliing at the firft of 
the Spring : So that Ihe might turn thereon her weak 
Cattle, and fuch as fhould at any time be fwamp'd , 
whereby they might be recruited and (aved,and it would 
do the Wheat good alfo. I advifed her hk^wile to (ave, 
and carefully gather her Indian Corn-tops, and blades , 
and all her ftraw, and whatever could be made Fodder, 
for her Cattle; for they get no Hay, tho' I was urging 
her to that too, and to fow Saintfoin ; for being a Sandy 
Soil, I am confident it would turn to very good Ac- 
count They have little or no Grals in Winter, fo that 
their Cattle are pined and ftarved, and many that are 
brought low and weak, when the Spring begins, ven- 
ture too far into the Swamps after the frelh Grafs, where 
they perilh; fo that feveral Perfons lofe 10, 20, or 30 
Head of Cattle in a Year : I obferved this was much 
owing to their Inadvertency and Error in their way of 
Managing and Feeding them ; for they get little Fodder, 
but as they think Corn being more Nourilhing, feed them 
with their Indian Corn, which they give them Morning 
and Evening ; they fpend thus a great quantity of Corn, 
and when ail's done, what fignifies two or three Heads of 
Corn to a Beaft in a Morning ? It makes them only lin- 
ger about the Houfes for more: and after that fweet 
Food they are not fo prompt to brouze on the Trees , 
and the courfe Grafs which the Country affords. So 
that thus their Guts llirink up, and they become Belly- 
ftot, as they call it, I advifed therefore never to give 
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