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{tits, but they reckon ploughing a better 

 way. 



Good grafs land letts at 30 s. an acre ; 

 ufe it moftly for dairyings an acre and half 

 they reckon fufficient for a cow, and an 

 acre for four fheep : Manuring it is com- 

 mon. Their breed of cattle is the long 

 horned, and they reckon them beft : Fat 

 their oxen to fifty ftone; their fwinc to 

 twenty-four, or thirty. 



The produdt of a cow they reckon at 

 3/. I3J-. 6d. and fix gallons per day a 

 common quantity of milk per cow : Do 

 not keep above one hog to ten. The 

 winter food, ftraw and hay; of the lat- 

 ter they eat about two ton. The fummer 

 joift is 35 J-. In winter they are kept in 

 the houfe : Their calves fuck about two 

 months. 



Their flocks rife from 100 to 1000 ; the 

 pro^t they reckon at 4J-. 3 ^. a head ; that 

 is, lamb 3X. and wool is. 3^. fometimes; 

 5 j-. They keep them, in both winter and 

 fpring, on the commons. The average 

 weight of the fleeces, 4 /^. 



In their tillage, they reckon that twelve 

 horfes are necefl^ary for the management of 

 100 acres of arable land : They ufe fome- 



times 



