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ADVANTAGES OF OXEN IN HUSBANDRY. 



Omitted to take info account keep* of sheep in Sir J. 

 Trevcfyan's park, 18/. and about six tons of hay, at two 

 guineas per ton, 12/. 12.9. Per contra creditor, for turnips 

 given to two bulls, 4f. 12s leaving a balance of 26/. to ho 

 deducted from the above 



.£1618 9 2 

 26 



•£1592 9 2 



Change of 

 sheep stock. 



Return of 

 labour with 

 oxen. 



IV. 



On the Advantages of the Use of Oxen and Neat Cattle in 

 Husbandry. By Lord Somerville +. 

 SIR, 



London, Bee. 8, 1804. 



X OU will have the goodness to express to the Bath Society 

 my regret, that I cannot attend its anniversary meeting, as 

 was my intention. 



On the subject of. my claim to the premium for a change 

 of sheep stock, &c.+, I have only to observe, that it was 

 made at a period the most unfavourable to stock, when 

 distress for keep of all sorts was greater than I have ever 

 known ; and that whether the premium be adjudged or not 

 to me, I shall ever consider the favourable reception it met 

 from the committee to which it was referred, the able essays 

 which it produced, and the recommendation which this 

 committee, numerously attended, has unanimously given to 

 this general meeting that it should be awarded, together 

 with the proofs since produced, as decisive on this most 

 important question. 



The return of my year's labour with oxen was made out 

 for the year 1803, because the year 1804 not being expired, 

 to have made it without the amendment, since resolved on,* 

 would have been a palpable crrour. I now comply with 

 the repeated and earnest wishes of the society, in presenting 

 this statement for its inspection. 



* Occasioned by the total failure of grass in the marsh, from the 

 severe draught in September. 



t Batn Society's papers, vol. x. p. 56. X See the preceding article. 



Unprepared 



