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.. But, for immediate fatting, the defired ages 

 are three years old for homebreds, and four 

 years old for Scots. 



3. The method of fatting.— This has 

 been already fpoken to in defer! bing the appli- 

 cation of TURNEPS; to which the reader is 

 referred ; as well as to the Minutes mentioned 

 at the clofe of this article, for individual prac- 

 tice. It will neverthelefs be proper in thi$ 

 place to take a general view of the fubjed; 

 thereby endeavouring to place it in a light as 

 perfpicuous as may be. The firft thing to be 

 coniidered js, 



lC\i^ proportion of bullocks to a given quan^ 

 tity of turneps. This depends on the fize of 

 the bullock, and the quality of the turneps. 

 The general calculation is a middle-fized bul- 

 lock to an acre of good turneps. Taking tur- 

 iieps on a par, a fatting-bullock and a follower 

 come, perhaps, nearer the real proportion. 



The time depends on the growth of the tur-. 

 rveps and the pofTeffion of the bullocks : the 

 hc^mebreds are ufually put to turneps about 

 Michaelmas : the Scots as foon as they arc 

 purchafed. It is obXervable, here, that not- 

 ^i'ith Handing a Scorch bullock, efpecially of- 



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