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 mer joifl per cow is is. 6d. ■sl week : In 

 the winter, after calving, they are kept in 

 the houfc. 



Sheep are kept only by farmers that 

 have a right of commonage j the profit 

 they calculate at 8 j. a head. The average 

 fleece, two pounds and a half to three 

 pounds. 



In their tillage they reckon fix horfes 

 necefiary for the management of an hun- 

 dred acres of arable land : They ufe two 

 or three in a plough, and do an acre a day. 

 The annual expence per horfe they cal- 

 culate at 5 /. The fummer joift 2 x. a 

 week. 



They break up their fallows for turneps 

 at Chrijimas ; the depth of ftirring in ge- 

 neral from three to fix inches : Much ftraw 

 is here cut into chaff. 



The hire of a cart, three horfes, and 

 driver, 5 j-. to 5 s. 6 d. 



Many farmers hire farms of 100/. a 

 year, with 350/. but it was the opinion of 

 feveral fenfible hufbandmen I converfed 

 Vv^ith, that upv/ards of 500/. is neceffary to 

 do it completely. That fum they divided 

 as follows : 



30 cows. 



