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THE COMPLETE GRAZIER. 



in justice to those employed in this part of the country, or, in fact, in 

 any other part that I am acquainted with, I must say that I never heard 

 any untrue return made of the prices that beasts or sheep have sold 

 for. Salesmen, from being regularly in the market, must be good 

 judges of the weight and quality of the meat of the beasts or sheep 

 they have to sell for their employers. Besides having good judgment, 

 a Smithfield salesman ought to be a man of good temper, to bear the 

 great undervalue biddings of some of the butchers in an overstocked 

 market. He ought to have capacity to form a quick and correct judg- 

 ment, when, from the state of the market to give way in the prices he 

 has asked, and when to be firm ; and he ought at no time to spare 

 either pains or trouble to do the best in his power for those who employ 

 him. I am quite satisfied that a clever painstaking salesman, who 

 regularly attends the market, can on the whole, make more of graziers' 

 and stall-feeders' beasts than they themselves can, provided he has not 

 too large droves. Objections, however, are reasonably and fairly made 

 to those who are in the habit of jobbing." 



TABLE FOR THE EQUALISATION OF DIFFERENT WEIGHTS. 



The weights per stone, commonly used for cattle in different parts of the kingdom, are as 

 follow, viz. : 



8 Ib. of 16 oz. each. 



Smithfield 

 North Country 

 Common Scotch 



Glasgow Tron 

 Ayrshire 

 Dutch . 



14 Ib. 

 16 Ib. 



16 Ib. of 22 oz. each. 

 16 Ib. of 24 

 16 Ib. of!7i 



Of these, the stone of 14 Ib. is chiefly used in calculating live weight, and that of 8 Ib. for 

 the carcass. 



A great deal of dead meat is brought by railwa} r s from different parts 

 of the kingdom, as well as by the steamers from both the eastern and 

 western coasts, and from Scotland and Ireland. A hint or two may be 

 of service to those who send it. The sheep should be slaughtered and 

 dressed with all the attention to cleanliness that is found in a London 



