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They ftack their hay at home; and 

 fome few have got into the way oi' chop- 

 ping their ftubblesi convinced not only of 

 the importance of Uttering cattle well, but 

 alfo of raifing large quantities of manure. 



Good grafs land letts in general from 2 /, 

 to 3/. an acre, and is ufed moftly for dai- 

 rying; but the country, however, is chiefly 

 in tillage. An acre will fummcr feed a 

 COW; or keep feven rtieep. They univtr- 

 fally water their grafs fields whenever it 

 can be done, which they find the greateft 

 improvement of all. Their breed of cattle 

 is the long horns. The produd: of a cow 

 they reckon 6/. or 6 /. lO-r. They ufed to 

 be lett at 3/. rent; but now it is much 

 higher. The average quantity of milk, 

 four or five gallons. To three cows they 

 generally keep two pigs: And feven they 

 reckon the proper number for a dairy 

 maid. Barley ftrawis the winter food till 

 Ccmdlemasy then fome hay, of the latter 

 about a ton to a cow. They are kept all 

 winter in the farm yard, the fumm.cf 

 joill: is 2 J. a week. The calves fuck in ge- 

 neral four or five weeks. 



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