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as in other reſpeds, the capital ought to take the lead, and to w ſhew an example to the remoter provinces. Every experi- in ment ought to be tried, where it can certainly be done to inte the beſt advantage; and any breed, when brought to per- rity feion in Middleſex, ought afterwards to be ſpread over or; the reſt of the kingdom. Whereas, in regard to oxen at V con leaſt, the diſtant counties of Durham and Northumberland, inte produce the largeſt and heavieſt bullocks of any in the do united kingdom. The cattle of this county, are certainly gr of a middling, and, in general indeed, rather of an inferior nu fort, whether for the dairy or the butcher. As to horſes, 4 ne thoſe to be found in London, cannot, any where, be ſur- 1 1at paſſed, either for ſtrength or beauty. ha There is every reaſon to believe, that the management of In the dairy, is particularly well underſtood in Holland, and ſia that there are many practiſes there, which might be adopted he in theſe kingdoms with very great advantage. It is there- m fore humbly ſubmitted to the confideration of the Board, laſt whether it would not be adviſable, to ſend a very intelli- 1 ing gent perſon there, ſkilled in dairy management, to examine mel their breed of cattle, and their mode of treating them on We the ſpot, as many hints might thus be obtained, of the TI utmoſt ſervice, in this important branch of rural economy. vie There are ſome commons near certain villages in Mid- 1 dleſex, and in other counties in the neigbourhood of Lon- don, as Clapham, Wimbleton, Putney,&c. the incloſure( of which would be objected to, as tending to prevent that 7

. 3.. tric free circulation of air, ſo conducive to the health of the 4 .. to t inhabitants; and to fhut up places, calculated for the re- b ..„ ec creation and amuſement of themſelves and their families. 1 A 1 Theſe objections, though they have at firſt ſome appear-. 3.. pitc ance of weight, yet are caſily obviated; and the following 3 le plan, for that purpoſe, has occurred to a very zealous 1 7 1 friend to the improvement of the country. 3 annu

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