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On ftock Iheep they calculate it. 



Lamb, - - - - o 6s. o 

 Wool, - - - - o I 8 



8 



In very hard weather they give them fomc 

 hay, but their general winter keeping is on 

 the fheep walks. The fleeces are from 

 3 /^. to 5 //^. the firft at ^^. I, and the fe- 

 cond at g d. \. 



In the tillage of their lands, they reckon 

 8 oxen and 6 horfes neceflary for loo acres 

 of arable land j they ufe either 2 oxen and 

 2 horfes in a plough, or two horfes alone ; 

 with the firft they do half an acre a day, 

 and with the laft an acre and half; but 

 then the firft is ufcd in the ftrong work, 

 and goes much the deeper. They allow 

 their horfes the third of a bufhel of oats 

 each in winter per week, but none in fum- 

 mer ; and reckon the annual expence per 

 horfe to be 5/. js. They give them no hay, 

 only pea ftraw. Their draught oxen they 

 feed in winter on ftraw and coarfe hay, but 

 work them on the firft alone. They 

 reckon oxen much the beft on ftrong lands, 

 ploughing much fteadier and deeper. They 

 break up their ftubbles for a fallow in au^ 



tumn. 



