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always " parred" at night ; fometiines with 

 the cows ; fometimes with the buds ; fome- 

 times alone* Good farmers generally keep 

 them feparate :■— if parred with the buds, they 

 rob them ; if with the cows, they are liable 

 to be ** horned," and are never at reft : except 

 while the cows are eating up the beft of the 

 fodder* 



< Some farmers, when turneps rUn ihort, " put 

 out" their two-year-olds in winter : and others, 

 when they are plentifulj " graze," that is, fat 

 their two-year-olds. 



In general, however, they are " kept over- 

 year," on meadows or lays, or are fent to the 

 marfhes or grazing-grounds, as fituations ^nd 

 circumftances point out; and, at Michael- 

 mas, are put to turneps as fatting-cattle. 



The agiftment price for two-year-olds, from 

 May-day to Michaelmas, varies with the keep. 

 See List OF rates. For further particulars 

 fee the Minutes referred to below, 



IV. Bullocks *.— This is the grand obje(ft 

 to which every part of the Norfolk hufbandry 



more 



* *' Bullocks." — This is a gisricral term, in Norfolk, for 



all kinds of cattle at turneps, or other food, with an in- 



.Voi. I. 2. tention 



