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gallons. Ten cows do not keep above 

 three hogs. 



In winter they feed them, when dry^ 

 with hay ; and give them corn a fortnight 

 before calviag. Calves that are to be reared* 

 they let fuck about a w^eek, but if for the 

 butcher, 4 or 5 weeks; fell generally at 

 about 15 s. each. They reckon that a 

 dairy-maid may, without help, manage 

 10 cows; but it is very hard work ; generally 

 a maid and a girl to 15. 



Two ton and a half of hay neceflary to 

 winter a cow. The joifting price in winter^ 

 35 J-. In fummer, i /. js, (yd. 



Their flocks of fheep rife from 25 to 300. 

 The profit they reckon from 1 o x. 6d, to 

 lis. per head. Joifting in winter, 2 j. 6di 

 would give 9 ^. a week through the month 

 of April, The weight of wool per fheep 

 from 3 to ^Ib. 



In refpe6t of tillage, they reckon eight 

 horfes neceifary for the cultivation of 100 

 acres of arable land ; ufe two, three, and 

 four in a plough, and do an acre, or an acre 

 and an half /^r day. The price of ploughing 



3 X. 6d. and 4X. They do not give their 



horfes any oats, but when they w^ork ; a 



excellent one ^ the rooms and all the offices large 

 and convenient. It would be a very agreeable 

 circnmftance, if travellers found the like in the 

 ncighbourliood of ail great houfes. 



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