THE RURAL SOCRATJES. f 



fiim to extend his improvements, and even to purchafe, 

 ss they fall in his way, fevcral new pieces of ground, 

 Kliyogg's live ftock confided of 



Oxen 3 ' , / 



Cows 4 ^ ^y^ 



Horfe I /I ' U-- I 



Hogs i2 



In all lo 



JEIis cows are middle fized, according to the breed m 

 his diflridl ; bat well fed ; and yield plenty of milk.— 

 The finefl cow he values at 3I. is. 3d. the fecond at 

 2I. I2S. 6d. and the two fmallefl at 2I. 3s. pd. — The 

 profits of the dairy are confumed in the family. Ac- 

 cording to his calculation, exclufive of grafs in the fum- 

 iner months, his cows annually eat each two loads of 

 hay. His oxen arc large and well made, and cod about 

 5I. 9s. 4d. a beaff. ' Though they are hard worked^ 

 they are in good plight. Their allowance is three 

 loads of hay per ox. — Kliyogg finds it anfwer to buy 

 two or three lean bullocks every year, and fatten them 

 during two months and an half for the market. The 

 firft price of thefe is commonly 4I. ys. 6d. and the al- 

 lowance to each a load of hay, which may be eflimated 

 at il. 6s. 3d. The felling price of a fat bullock is 

 61. 2s. 6d. fo that his profit, in reality, is no more than 

 a piftole ; and, fmall as it is, depends on the conftitu-» 

 tion of the animal j and the rife and fall of the market. 



It is not from grazing therefore that Kliyogg expc^lg 

 advantage, but from an article more to be depended on, 

 the increajc of dung for manure, • 



Kliyogg finds his horfe more expenfive than fervicc* 

 able, and feems determined to fell him, and lay out the 

 money in oxen. A horfe, he fays, is a very expenfive 

 animal. He requires the fame quantity of hay as an 

 ox ; befides oats and flioeing, to the amount of a piflole 

 yearly. The value of a horfe dccrcafes with years ; 



whereat 



