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river Velonze, taking from his flock of 

 young cattle frefn ones to fupply rheir place. 

 He further told me, that a cow yielded a 

 produdt per annum, in milk, cheefe, but- 

 ter, and a calf, of about z\. ics ; but this 

 fmall amount muft he owing to being poorly 

 fed on the commons ; and as to Winter, 

 the farmer could fpare but very little hay 

 for them -, fince his fixteen acres of grafs 

 are pooc land, ami, when all mown, do not 

 produce more than twelve cart-load of hay, 

 He owned, that cows, upon the grafs-farms 

 on the fides of the rivers, yielded fometimes 

 more than double that fum. The young 

 cattle paid him no other profit than fupply*- 

 ing his teams and his dairy ; and even for 

 this purpofe he bought, annually, fome 

 weaned calves. His barley yields about 

 two quarters and an half an acre, one year 

 with another. His annual fales amount to 

 nearly the following particulars : 



Wheat yields him about . 440 



Barley, fold - - - 280 



Cows, fold from the dairy 10 



Swjne, fold - - r - 20 

 Sheep - - - 15 



Carried forward - /,'. 765 



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