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to any improvement in the land, or ma- 

 nagement, but of the breed. 



Particulars of a grazing farm at Cullen. 



120 acres in all. 1 10 bullocks. 40 lambs. 

 4 cows. 7 acres of meadow. 14. acre, herdf- 

 man's garden. 2 acres of orchard. 246!. rent, 

 or 4 is. per acre. 



The number of fheep kept in this neigh- 

 bourhood has decreafed, owing to the divifion 

 into fmaller farms. The winter food for them 

 in the rich tracts is grafs, except in mows, 

 when they turn them to their hay flacks, 

 they are very little troubled with the rot. The 

 rife in the price of wool, 55. a {lone in 30 

 years. 



There are but few dairies 5 the little far- 

 mers have the chief. The breed of the cows is 

 generally half Englifh, half Irifti. They are 

 kept on the pooreft grounds, 14. acre, or i|, 

 keeps a cow the year round ; the ufual pro- 

 duce is i cwt. of butter, and 205. horn mo- 

 ney, or 3!. in all ; the winter food hay, ^ of 

 an acre to each. The calf is always reared ; 

 valued when it drops at 2s. 6d. or 35. the me- 

 dium price of a cow, 5!. There have been 

 many Englifh bulls introduced for improving 

 the cattle of the country, at a confiderable 

 expence, and great exertions in the breed of 

 fheep ; fome perfons, Mr. Dexter chiefly, 

 have brought Englifh rams, which they let out 



at 



