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the feed-fhops, The number of grades fit for 
the farmer is, i believe, fmall j perhaps half a 
dozen, or half a fcore are all he need to culti- 
vate •, and how fmall the trouble would be of 
fuch a talk, and how great the benefit, muft be 
obvious to every one at firft fight. Would 
not any one be looked on as wild who Ihould 
fow wheat,, barley , oats, rye , peas, beans , vetches , 
buck-wheat , turneps and weeds of all forts to- 
gether ? yet how is it much lefs abfurd to do 
what is equivalent in relation to grades ? does 
it not import the farmer to have good hay and 
grafs in plenty ? and will cattle thrive equally 
on all forts of food ? we know the contrary. 
Horfes will fcarcely eat hay, that will do well 
enough for oxen and cows. Sheep are parti- 
cularly fond of one fort of grafs, and fatten 
upon it fader, than on any other in Sweden, if 
we may give credit to Linnaeus. And may 
they not do the fame in England ?. How fhall 
we know till we have tryed ? Nor can we fay 
that what is valuable in Sweden may be inferior 
to many other grades in England ; fince it ap- 
pears by the Flora Suecica that they have all the 
good ones that we have. But however this 
may be i fhould rather choefe to make experi- 
ments, than conje&ures. 
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