Cultivation of Grafs-Land. Grazing Hogs. 



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It has long been a practice to turn hogs upon pieces of grafs land adjoining the 

 farm yards during the fummer feafon, but this has moftly been done without any 

 diftindion of their kinds or ages. But the improved practice is to feparate thofe 

 that are advanced in their growth to one half or more from the fows and young 

 pigs, turning and confining them about the latter end of May on the clover, 



Profits on Fatting Land, allowing 10s. Profit for each Sheep. 



ONE ACKK. . S. d. 



Winter, 2 barren ewes, off in May 100 



Summer, 5 wethers, off at Michaelmas 2 10 



Wool of 7 meep,at 121. per pack 22 



One bullock to fat ... 3 



Rent - 



Expenfes 

 Affeffes and taxes 



Clear profit 



. s. 



i 10 



5 



5 



d. 8 

 

 

 



12 



200 



6 12 



ONE ACRE. 



Three wethers, on at Michaelmas 



Two ditto, in May 



Wool 



One bullock to fat 



10 







10 



3 



700 



Brought from bottom 

 Rent, &c. as before 



Clear Profit 



=. *. d. 



700 

 200 



500 



Profits on Breeding Land* 



OXE ACRE. 



Winter, 2-|-ewes and 3 lambs at 14s. 



Wool of 2-|- ewes : 



Wool of 3 lambs 



Wool of one teg 

 The fummer improvement of do. 



Joift bullock keep- - 



One in twentylofs bydeaths 



Clear profit 



2 2 

 13 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 10 



3 18 6 





 

 

 1 12 



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On the firft of tliefe rtatements it is remarked that the year was favourable for vegetation ; and 

 that fuch profits could not probably be made feven years together, which is the moft accurate method 

 of calculating profits on land. There being no affefies on the land alfo makes it more profitable. 



In regard to the profits on fattening land two methods are given ; the firft means ufed by the beft 

 graziers ; the other, the moll common : fome take bullocks into keep, others buy runts ; the profits 

 of which muft depend on their judgment ; but, 31. is the medium profit between the whole: 10s. 

 ach (heepis generally allowed as the gained profit by fattening. The writer obferves that&quot; it can 



* Inferior breeding land maintais! ?J she*p on an acre during winter, but goed breeding land,alwy thr-~ 

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