HUSBANDRY 79 



The retuen from sheep and their milk. 



Each ewe should answer sixpence for the yield of its 

 milk through the summer, while it is giving milk, for ewes 

 do not give milk after August ; and no one would willingly 

 have them give milk after August, because they would be 

 worth less and more difficult to keep in winter. And if 

 they be sick or weak, let them be milked less. And the 

 dairywoman ought to answer besides for the yield of a 

 gallon of milk, cheese, and butter from the sheep, as a 

 gallon and a half of milk from the cow. And a gallon 

 of butter weighs seven pounds, and two gallons weigh 

 fourteen pounds, and fourteen pounds are a stone, and 

 fourteen stone are a wey. And let it be known that a 

 mare is in foal forty-nine weeks, and a cow is in calf forty 

 weeks ; a ewe goes with lamb twenty-one weeks, and a sow 

 can farrow five times in two years and not more ; and a 

 goose will hatch once a-year if she is good, but she will not 

 do this every year, nor can she be made to, but, according 

 as they are well kept, they will yield more or less. 



HOW ONE OUGHT TO FARM OUT THE ISSUE OF THE STOCK. 



If you wish to farm out the issue of your stock, you can 

 take four-and-sixpence clear for each cow and acquit the 

 tithe, and save for yourself the cow and calf; and for a 

 sheep sixpence and acquit the tithe, and keep the sheep 

 and lamb ; and a sow should bring you six shillings and 

 sixpence a-year and acquit the tithe, and save for yourself 

 the sow ; and each goose ought to bring you sevenpence- 

 halfpenny clear and acquit the tithe and save the goose ; 

 and each hen should bring you ninepence clear and acquit 

 the tithe and save the hen. And ten quarters of apples 

 and pears should yield seven tuns of cider ; and a quarter 



