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acre, which coil them from 3 /. to 4 /. lay 

 it chieiiy upon grafs. Shell marie is of 

 fo excellent a nature, that it lafts very good 

 for ten years, and the land conftantly crop- 

 ped — a huibandry not much to the credit 

 cf the Chefr.lre farmers. They know no- 

 thing of chopping ftubble, but ftack their 

 hay at home. 



Qood grafs land letts at about 25 i. per 

 acre ; they apply it chiefly to dairying, and 

 reckon that an acre and half is fuiiicient 

 for the fjmmer feeding a cow. Their 

 breed of horned cattle is a mongrel, be- 

 tween the long and fnort. The produ6t of 

 a cow they reckon at from 5 /. to 8 /. 

 Many give in cheefe alone to the amount 

 Qt 61. 10 s. others as follows : 



Cheefe, - - - 61. qs. 



Butter, - - 10 



Calf, 



o 10 



7 JO 



The -Average quantity of milk per day 

 about four gallons. They do not keep 

 above three fwine to twenty cows. Their 

 winter foe J is hay and llraw ; of the firft 

 |hey eat about two ton. A dairy maid 



can 



