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MINUTES 



JAN. 



56. 



BULLOCKS 

 IN YARDS. 



fcventy Hone) at turneps in the yard. They eat 

 nearly two load a day fix would eat about a 

 load. They are given to them whole (except 

 the tails, which are cut off in the field) with 

 their tops on ; in double bins ; with flraw 

 fcattered about the yard j ferving them both 

 as fodder and litter. 



Thefe bullocks cofi the latter end of October 

 orie with another about yl. los. ahead. Sup- 

 pofe they weigh by the latter end of April fix- 

 ty (lone on a par, and fell for fooir fhillings at 

 (lone ; the produce, deducting the expence of 

 fale, will be about 4/< at 4*. 6d. a (lone, 

 $1. ioj. at 5/. a ftone, jL 



If fix bullocks eat a load of turneps a day,- 

 one bullock would eat thirty loads in fix 

 months. Twenty loads an acre is efteemed a 

 fair crop. Therefore, at four (hillings a ftone^ 

 thefe bullocks will pay 2/. 135. 4^. an acre ; at 

 4;. 6d. a ftone, 3/. 13^. 4^. ; and at 55. a (lone, 

 4/. 13^. 4d. an acre for the turneps, ftraw, and 

 attendance : fuppofmg them to take fix 

 months at turneps to bring them to fixty ftone 

 Ahead; which, I apprehend, is near the truth* 



FATTING 



CATTLE 

 ABROAD. 



57- 



JANUARY 2.~ Mr. Samuel Earbef, whofe 

 accuracy may be depended on, fays, that twelve 



acre* 



