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Pages The extra grafs produced by folding, from one acre of rich grafs fhould keep 3 theep—— 399 No fuch fluth of grafs is perceived, where fol Iding is not practifed— ee pase ai 392

Nor any fenfible melioration of the ground perceived 394. Grafs land is not improved by being paftured upon 395

Fold; ng, an economical practice—_— 98 Mode of conduéting that procefs—— 401

Comparative view of the advance in produétivenefs be-

tween folding On grafs land, anc imply pafturing it

i/t, on an unproductive pafture a 403 2d, on rich pafture land_— 407 Hard or light flocking of pafture ground confidered 410 Cutting grafs land, and confuning the produce in the houfe, beneficial, when confidered_-— 413 1/?, as tothe confumptign of the plants—_ 414 2d, the health and comfo;t of the animal itfelf— 416 34, the quantity of manure obtained— 418 4th, the quantity of herbage produced—- 413 Confirmed by eX perience. 1; as to red clover—— 420 2d, other kinds of grafs ground— 424 3¢, praétice in this refpeé in Germany a 424 Experiment propofed=—-- 427 Rich era iftantly cut, are not deteriorated 43L The q ty of the grafs improves while kept under the f_--—— 4 Hard flocking ix ves paftures, and why= 434 Sweetnefs of paftures, what co nititutes this, explained 437 The fatne weight of food, if palatable, will go much far- d ther in fattening animals, than if it were unpalatable 438 The quantity of aniraal fubfiftance may be thus greatly augmented— a~- 441 Horfes can be fed upon amuch fmaller qu ntity of food than cattle—_== 444 Condiments, their importance in domeftic economy— 447 Utility of inducing beafts to eat as much food as poffible In a giyentime o— 447 Obferved in regard to feeding of calyes— 448 nisi AD NEN alte st ls ee_—_ ee—