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oats. They ftack their hay in the farm 

 yards, but knov/ nothing of chopping the 

 corn ftubbles. 



Good grafs letts at 30 ;. an acre ; they 

 ufe it both for fatting, dairying, and breed- 

 ing ; two acres they reckon neceifary to 

 fummer a cow; never manure their grafs. 



They reckon the product of a cow at 

 5 /. give upon a medium fix gallons of 

 milk a day. They keep about two or 

 three hogs to ten. The winter food is hay 

 and ftraw, of the firft about 120 ftone (20/^. 

 each) is fufficient; and have it in the houfe 

 all winter. The calves they bring up by 

 hand, one month for the butcher, and two 

 months for rearing. They reckon a dairy- 

 maid can take care of ten cows. The fum- 

 mer joift is 20 r. 



The flocks of fTicep rife from twenty to 

 an hundred ; the profit per head 10 j. They 

 keep them all winter and fpring upon grafs. 

 The average weight of the fleeces about 

 2 Ih. 



in their tillage they reckon fix horfes 

 neccffary for an hundred acres of arable 

 landj ufe two or three in a plough, and 

 do an acre a ilay. The annual expence^^r 

 horfc 5/- The fummer joift 40 j. They 



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