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ftraw or hay, a ton and half of which is the 

 quantity they commonly fuppofe a cow tq 

 eat in the winter; but if clover hay is ufed, 

 one ton is enough. — The fummer joift is 

 25 J. and that of winter 30 j. and 35 j. 

 They reckon ten cows the bufinefs of a 

 dairy maid. 



Their fiocks of fheep rife from 20 to 1 20, 

 and the profit they reckon at 6 s. a head ; 

 lamb 5 J. and wool i s. They keep thern 

 the year round on the commons : — The 

 average weight of fleeces 4/^. 



In the management of their arable lands 

 they reckon fix horfes neceflary for 100 

 acres of arable ; they ufe two in a plough, 

 and do an acre a day. The annual expence 

 of keeping horfes they reckon at 5 /. i o j. 

 or 6 /. The joiH: in fummer 40 s. in win- 

 ter 50 J-. They break up their ftubbles for 

 a fallow in February-, plough fix inches 

 deep: The price of ploughing ^s. an acre j 

 and of a cart and horfe and driver 2 j". or 

 3 J-. a day. They know nothing of cutting 

 ft raw for chaff. 



Three hundred pounds they reckon ne- 

 cefiary for a man to flock a farm of 1 00 /. 

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