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bull. This, however, is not an invariable 

 practice. In the ftate of commonage, they 

 were frequently kept from the bull until they 

 were three years old : ndw, in the ftate of 

 Inclofure arid improvement, and at the pre- 

 fent high rents, they are frequently fuffered 

 to take the bull when yearlings ; bringing 

 calves at two years old. 



This is an interefting fubje& in the ma- 

 nagement of cattle. Farmers in every Dif- 

 tridt differ in their opinions refpedting it. 



The arguments for bringing heifers in at 

 two YEARS OLD, are, that they come fooner 

 to profit ; and that farmers cannot afford, at 

 the prefent rate of rent, to let them run, un- 

 profitably, until they be three years old. 



On the other hand, the argument in favour 

 of bringing them in at THREE YEARS OLD is 

 that, not being {tinted in their growth, they 

 make larger finer co'ws than thofe which are 

 fuffered to bear calves at a more early age. 



But I have not yet met with any man who 

 even attempts to prove which of the two" 

 is, upon the whole, the more profitable prac- 

 tice. 



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