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when winter approaches, and grass fails, they are in 
part taken to the sheds; the prime oxen are taken to 
the finishing sheds, where they are fed with oil cake and 
the best hay, and have each one a stall, in which they 
are kept loose, and can turn and move about at plea¬ 
sure, with each a stone trough for water, to which they 
have access as often as necessary ; these sheds are fur¬ 
nished with a bin before the troughs, for dealing out 
the food. The second class are tied to boozy posts, as 
mentioned before, with a range of troughs before them, 
and a bin from which they are fed with secondary food, 
as hay and turnips, but seldom oil cake. The third 
class have access to a yard, and open shed, lying open 
to their pasture; they are supplied in the shed with 
hay, but are at liberty to go to their pasture. The 
fourth class are kept in pasture all weather, perhaps a 
distance from home, but supplied in severe frost, or at 
other times if necessary, with a small portion of hay 
and turnips, one, or both, thrown about their pasture. 
The following are given, as a sketch, of a set of the 
best Worcestershire stall-feeding sheds ; they are not 
exactly copied from any, but those of Mr. Lechmere, 
at Timberden farm, were principally in idea; though 
others, and particularly those erected by the late Mr. 
Lechmere, at Severn-end, are upon the same principle. 
Plate VI. —Shed, No. 1. a.a.a. &c. ox-stalls, in which 
the oxen stand loose, being pent in by the gates d. e. 
■which also open to f. thus letting the beasts all at once to 
the watering troughs f. without coming together; these 
troughs are supplied with water from a pump, P, by 
means of a pipe. B. the foddering bin, from whence 
hay and oil cake are given in the trough ; c. d. h. i. sec¬ 
tion of the tiled roof; the space behind the standing 
stalls being unroofed, or left open ; the wall at the 
back 
