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‘ey nny FoLpDING, asa general plan, does not belong to OM Might the improved practice, nor matters it how soon the a8 Possible plan be abolished. There is nothing but the ex- Upon aly; pence of cartage and spreading manure, to set It were, j against the inevitable damage done to the sheep, ’ Would be and the inferior quantity, quality, and condition of nor would the dung. Manure the object, more might be ob- nee from tained from keeping the hes p at home, the animals | those improving the while, instead of being injured in Tow stock wool and carcase, by travel and unwholesome lay- wnting to ers. Partial folding on the lands difficult of acces baiided, may be of use; oe these living dung-carts may

well earn their keep. Where pedetane com- mons are hard stacked, it is always worth a far- mer’s while to take his sheep, or cattle, home at night; the dung and improvement pay the night’s

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rer Woot, although a very important, is but the it second object, It may be said to depend on soil, f co a since‘we always find a long, coarse, and heavy ai a fleece, in low grounds and rich marshes; and the ai or contrary on high lands, bearing a finer, but less

nutritious herbage. Climate seems to have less ef- fect; for fine wool, as well as fine bone, is found in the extremes of warmand cold. There can be no doubt, that having our flocks more at home, with- in command, and better fed, would increase the quantity, and acd the condition of our national stock of.wool: this must happen, indeed, merely

tum, ewe they will I-baiting, re kept 10 ar for feed,

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would, pi from the number of lives which might be annually tO sume saved. Granting we cannot grow fine wool enough, eth of star our true policy would be to export our coarse, tak- 4 of do ing fine in return; a measure which must surely have

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