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F'rve-mile-toivn. 



Beraugh. 



Dunnelong confiderable. 



SECT. 4. General Prices. 







THE price of flock varies very much, nor can there 

 be any general rule laid down to afcertain this point. 

 Forward feafons, and the ftate of provifions, are the 

 fureft guides to judge by. In very dear feafons, fuch 

 as the years of 1800, and 1801, milch cows fold at an 

 immoderate price. I have known fome of the common 

 breed to rate fo high as twelve guineas, the milk being 

 of great relief to the poor in thofe fevere times ; 

 whereas, on the other hand, dry cows brought but a 

 low price, though both feafons were very promifing, 

 and turned out remarkably well for grafs. 



Times of plenty, and the profpeft of a forward fea- 

 fon, never fail to raife the price of dry cattle. A beaft, 

 fnppofed not to weigh more than 3! cwt. (i2olb. to 

 the cwt.) when made up for fale in November, gene- 

 rally colts from 5/. to 61. the preceding May, though 

 in very poor condition. At ^d. a pound for the beef, 

 and about 50^. for the hide and fat, the whole may be 

 fet down at 7/. 15^-.; fo that, from this ftatement, un- 

 lefs the beef exceed 3^. by the pound, the profit can- 

 not be reckoned fufficlent for the fummer's grafs ; but 



a great 



