MINUTES 



MAY 



112. 



MARKETS. 



YATTING 

 CATTLE. 



worth from three to four hundred pounds. 

 What a fight is this in an arable country ! 



Ingham Fair. There were three or four hun- 

 dred head of cattle, and more fat bullocks than 

 there were at Walmam and Worflead jointly ; 

 and thefe, too, finilhed in a fuperior ftyle. 

 The farmers in that country are, like their foil, 

 ftrong in hand ; and even now, bad as times 

 are, are faid to be getting money. 



There were a good many buyers ; but the 

 fellers were unreafonable in their demands. 

 They did not afk lefs than five {hillings a (tone 

 for beafts that were tolerable meat. There 

 might be from fifty to one hundred fold. 



Very little young {lock I apprehend \vas 

 fold. There is indeed very little in the coun- 

 ty; and now the farmers having, from the wet- 

 nefs of the feafon, a profpect of grafs, they are 

 unwilling to fell, except at extraordinary 

 prices. 



A farmer of South-Reps fold eight, two-year- 

 olds, forward in flefli, and very pretty ones, 

 for 5/. ioj. a head. This is paying him very 

 well, though they have been at full keep ever 

 fince they were dropt. 



It may be faid that fatting cattle at two years 

 old is nipping bullocks in the bud j fo it may 5 



but 



