*$6 CATTLE. 14* 



when calves avefatted'm that way ; the time 

 being longer in this cafe : and it feems to be 

 allowed that calves do not fat fo kindly with 

 the pail as when they fuck the cow ; nor is in 

 probably fo good for the udder of the cow. 



2. Butter. Great quantities of butter are 

 annually fent out of the Vale. Many thou- 

 iand firkins are fent from Malton ; and the 

 produce of the weft end of the Vale goes 

 principally to York. 



The fraternity of cheefemongers in Lon 

 don have agents, placed in different parts of 

 the country, filled " fearchers," who probe 

 and examine the quality of every firkin ; 

 marking it firft, fecond, tbird, or " grcafe" 

 according to its intrinsic quality. 



The firfts and fuonds go to the London 

 market ; the " greaft" to the woollen-ma- 

 nufa&ory in the weft of Yorkshire. 



There are " weighers" likewife employed 

 to check the weight of each firkin, each of 

 which has its maker's name branded upon it, 

 Thefe are wife regulations : the fearchers' 

 mark is a guide to the London dealer, as the 

 farmer's name is to the country " fac~tor." If 



it 



