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SECTION IX. 



The several Kinds of Cattle and Hogs ; with an 

 Account of some remarkably fat Calves; 

 some fat Cattle, $c. : the Met hod of feeding; 

 the Price of Beef and Veal> $c. 



THE cattle in America are a mixed kind; 

 very few of any distinct breed : but they are 

 in general, according to the soil and usage, 

 equally good as in any part of Great -Bri- 

 tain. They are from England, Scotland, 

 Holland, and France. The oxen are very 

 good in the yoke, and more tractable than I 

 ever saw them in England. They chiefly 

 draw without horses ; and they will run 

 them a trot for miles : they are generally 

 worked to very advanced ages, ten or 

 twelve years old : some draw by the fore- 

 part of the head. When made fat, they 

 weigh from fifty to sixty stone, fourteen 

 pounds to the stone : some are smaller. 



