74 MINUTES Nov. 



40- 40. 



FATTING NOVEMBER 28. How profitable are the lit> 



tie IJle-of-Sky Scots to the Norfolk farmer, who 

 has rough meadows for them to run in ? 



had eleven bought laft Hempton- 



green fair (juft twelve months ago) for three 

 ' guineas a piece. They were kept entirely on 

 flrawand rufhy grafs, which nothing elfe would 

 have eaten, until the month of May ; when they 

 were turned into fome Norfolk meadows, 

 (worth about ten fhillings an acre) where they 

 remained until September : fmce when they 

 have been at good latter math. They are now 

 fome of them quite fat, and the reft nearly fo ; 

 one with another, they are worth about fix 

 pounds a piece. 



Suppofing each occupied an acre of meadow, 

 which (with town charges) reckon at - - o 12 o 



Straw over and above the dung - - o 50 



Ten weeks lattermath, at 10 Shillings 



(the price for fuch cattle) - - o 10 o 



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A neighbouring farmer bought a parcel 

 at the fame time, and at the fame price; 

 alfo fome refufe ones fo low as ftve-and-twenty 



fhillings 



