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he must have had a longer time than the others 

 upon other food. If I killed one of the two 

 remaining oxen in the middle of March, and the 

 other on the first of May, they would consume 

 266 bushels of Ruta Baga. 



144. My hundred ewes would begin upon 

 Ruta Baga at the same time, and, as my grass 

 ground would be only twelve acres until after 

 hay-time, I shall suppose them to be fed on this 

 root till July, and they will always eat it and 

 thrive upon it. They will eat about eight pounds 

 each, a day; so that, for 150 days it would re 

 quire a hundred and twenty thousand pounds 

 weight, or two thousand four hundred bushels. 



145. Fourteen breeding sows to be kept all 

 the year round, would bring a hundred pigs in 

 the Spring, and they and their pigs would, 

 during the same 150 days, consume much about 

 the same quantity ; for, though the pigs would 

 be small during these 150 days, yet they eat a 

 great deal more than sheep in proportion to 

 their size, or rather bulk. However, as they 

 would eat very little during 60 days of their 

 age, I have rather over-rated their consump 

 tion. 



146. Three cows and four working oxen 

 would, during the 150 days consume about one 

 thousand bushels, which, indeed, would be 

 more than sufficient, because, during a great 

 part of the time, they would more than half live 



