CON TENTS of Vol. III.

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HINTS ON THE ECONOMICAL CONSUMPTION OF THE PRODUCE OF A FARM.

Introductory remarks. Much dung is\ wafted under the common practice of pafturage. ‘The extra grafs produced by folding, from one acre of rich grafey fhould keep three fheep. No fuch flufh of grafs is perceived, where folding is not prac- tifed. Nor any fenfible melioration of the ground perceived. Grafs land is not improved by being paftured upon. Folding an economical pra€tice. Mode of conduéting that procefs. Comparative view of the advance in produétivenefs between fold- ing on grafs land, and fimply patturing it. i/?, On an unproduétive pafture, 2d, On rich pafture land,; Hard or light ftocking of pafture-ground confidered. Cutting grais land, and confuming the produce in the howfe, benefi- cial, when confidered, 1/7, As to the confumption of the plants. zd, The health and comfort of the animal itfelf, 3d, The quantity of manure obtained. 4th, The quantity of herbage produced. Confirmed by experience, afi, As to red-clover. 2d, Other kinds of grafs ground. Experiment propofed. Rich grafs lands, if conftantly cut, are not deteriorated The guality of the grafs improves while kept under the fcythe. Sweetnefs of paftures, what conftitutes this, explained. ‘The fame weight of food, if palatable, will go much farther in fattening animals, than if it were unpalatable, The quantity of animal fubfiftence may be thus greatly aug- mented. Hories can be feed upona much fmaller quantity of food than cattle. Condiments, their importance in domeftic economy. Utility of inducing beafts to eat as much food as poffible in a given time. Obferved in regard to feeding of calves. Cramming of poultry. Method of fattening geefe in Languedoc, nore. ducks in ditto, Receipt for feeding poultry, nere. Pure water, its great utility as a condiment. Common falt, value of in feeding beafts. It is not in itfelf nutritious, but merely a€ts_as a condiment. If permitted to be frecly ufed, it would augment the food of cattle to an aftonifhing degree. The duty on falt extremely pernicious. Flay, the bett mode of obtaining it of a fine quality. Importance of having hay of a very fine quality. How it may be cut, and immediately put up in the ftack, while very tender and fucculent. A. permanent roof for a hay-ftack, its utility. Mode of making hay under fuch a roof,

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