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Let the young- grazier, therefore, consider the 

 circumstance well, try the country butchers, and 

 feel his way through the difficulty, if his farm be of 

 that size, and in that situation, which lays him 

 opon to its influence. The possession of an en- 

 gine for weighing beasts alive will be extremely 

 vnluable to him : for, by comparing the live with 

 the dead weight, when the beasts are killed in the 

 country, he will soon be convinced of the truth of 

 the many comparative accounts of live and dead 

 weight, which are published in the Annals of 

 Agriculture, and from which he will be able to 

 ascertain correctlv the dead weight of any common 

 sized bullock of which he knows the live weight. 

 He may also compare the result when the live 

 weight is taken, from Renton's measurement. As to 

 sheep, calves, and hogs, weighing is done with the 

 utmost ease ; for a cage with a door at each end, 

 and a large pair of steelyards, form the whole appa- 

 ratus necessary, lie should never fatten any ani- 

 fnal whatever, without regular weighings, by which, 

 means he knows how his stock (whatever it may bj), 

 thrives, what changes it is requisite to make in their 

 food, and when to sell, if markets suit. All these 

 are very material points, and he will have much 

 satisfaction in being at any time able to ascertain 

 them. Old and very experienced graziers can do 

 without these helps, but they often suffer for want 

 of them. To young ones they are essential. But 

 let a grazier be as experienced as he may in buying* 

 and selling, and judging by the hand and eye, the 



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