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 number a dairy maid generally takes care 

 of. The lummer joill: is 30 j. and in win- 

 ter they reckon a cow to eat i 5 c'lvt. of hay 

 on an average; they then keep them in the 

 fcirmyard 



Upon fitting a beaft of forty fcore they 

 reckon 40 j. profit. 



Their hogs fat up to twenty fcore. 



Their flocks of flieep rife from ten to 

 two hundred, the profit varies from 8/. to 

 2.0 s. The winter and fpring food is 

 turnepsj the joiil upon which 4^/. per 

 week. The average fleece 8 lb. 



In their tillage they reckon fix horfcs 

 necefiary for the management of an hun- 

 dred acres of arable land, ufe three or four 

 in a plough, and do an acre a day. 



The annual expence of a horfe they rec- 

 kon at io/. The fummer joill: is 50/. 

 There are a few ox teams, but horfes are 

 fuppofed to be much the bed, fo that the 

 number decreafes. They do not break up 

 their flubbles for a fallow till the fpring. 

 The price of ploughing 5 j. /"^r acre; the 

 depth from two to four inches. Many 

 farmers cut ftraw into chaff; which is the 

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