35* CATTLE. 3d. 



until they be finilhcd ; or until the warnnth of 

 fpring calls them abroad again. 



But the moft eligible method of fatting 

 depends on a variety of circumftances : 

 The foil and (ituation ; 

 The conveniencies in the yard ; 

 The feafon ; and 

 The fpecies of flock to be fatted. 



Cattle which have been accuftomed to lief 

 abroad in a fevere climate, will ftand the winter 

 in the field better than thofe which have been 

 ufed to a Iheltered yard, in a warmer climate. 



No general plan of management can, there- 

 fore, be laid down. All that can be done is, 

 to point out the various modes in ufe, and 

 leave every man to confider well his own par- 

 ticular circumftances, and make his election 

 accordingly. 



4. The markets for bullocks. The con- 

 fumption is divided between the metropolis 

 and the county. The proportion I never heard 

 gueffed at. Perhaps three-fourths, perhaps 

 no more than two-thirds, of the bullocks fat- 

 ted in Norfolk, are fcnt to the London 

 market*^ 



Norfolk 



