* MINUTES .FEB. 



70. how many his neighbours rear. Mr. S. (as 



LV XG WC * 1 as ^ r? **') ' s a J uc *g e f ft ck > ancl a 

 frequenter of fairs and markets ; and finds, no 



doubt, he can buy young Hock cheaper than he 

 can rear them. 



Mr. , of , gives milk once a day (look 

 hut indifferently") with turnep-tops and oats and 

 "bran mixed together in a trough, and hay in a 

 rack (the hay bad) : begins about Chriftmas. 

 Says, that one early calf is worth two backward 

 ones; andinftances it fromlaft year's experience. 



Mr. William Barnard Milk twice a day 

 with bran qnly (look well) : gives neither tur- 

 reps nor tops, till they are a month or five 

 weeks old. 



Mr. John Hylton rears twelve to fifteen (he 

 has a marfh)- reared three this feafon in Au- 

 guft ; they are now almoft as large as yearlings. 

 Theie had milk four months ; in common he 

 gives millc twice a day, with turnep-rops, for 

 two months j and once a day for as much lon- 

 ger as he has milk : if milk be ibarce, he makes 

 milk-porridge. 



Mr. William Sewell rears eight or nine. 

 Says, that he has had calves get quite fat on tur- 

 ncps and hay, when he has had bullocks in the 

 yard; and the calves have been, of courfe, well 



tended ; 



