( 3 ° ) 
drying the covering of litter more effedually, 
when rendered wet by exceflive rains. 
According to the above directions, mark 
out the places for the beds, and let the 
furface of the ground be well cleared from 
weeds and rubbilli four feet wide, and if a 
trench is intended, excavate it only about 
ten inches deep, laying the mould equally 
to both fides ready for moulding the bed 
when fpawned. 
In the formation of the bed different 
methods are pradtifed; but I nc\'cr found more 
than one to be good and fuccefsful. Some 
are made by a layer of dung a foot thick, 
and' a layer of earth, alternately ; but beds 
made entirely of dung are what I recom- 
mend; dung and' earth together rarely fuc- 
ceed, notwithftanding this method is recom- 
mended by fome eminent writers, who how- 
ever 
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