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that the tillage he gave the garden plants, 

 was of great fervice to the rows of the lu- 

 cern. The ploughing in this country is alt 

 performed with oxen, the number of mules 

 and afTes being very fmalh They are fed 

 both Winter and Summer in ftableS -, iri 

 Summer on lucern mown every day for 

 them, and now and then they give them,- 

 befides, a fmall quantity of barley, which 

 furprifes me, as I had never known barley , 

 or even oats, to be given to oxen. In Win- 

 ter they have hay of all forts, both of maiz, 

 millet, clover, lucern, and meadow ; alfo 

 turneps and chopped ftraw. They ufe two 

 of thefe oxen in a plough, which is held by 

 a man, and the oxen driven by a woman. 

 Sheep are kept at no great diftance from 

 this trad:, in considerable numbers, upon 

 fome dry chalk hills, where they have fown 

 fainfoine for their fupport. They reckon 

 the profit of keeping a fheep to be i s. a year* 

 or little better ; yet in this account they 

 include the lamb, as well as the wool. Their 

 expences muft be high, or their manage- 

 ment very bad, to reduce the advantage fo 

 very low. Cows are kept in confiderable 

 numbers; yet they have no idea of making 



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