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2 5 Long horned cows. 

 8 Long horned bulls. 

 400 Deer — and a great number of hogs 

 and poultry. 



A\. Martinmas the heifers were quite lean; 

 and one of them in particular, only two 

 years old, which would not then fetch 4/. in a 

 market, was killed the laft week in February 

 1 770, and her four quarters, with hide and 

 tallow, made 8 /. 8 j. The other four heifers 

 have made the fame improvement. 



The fix oxen, and three cows, are now 

 all very fat, although they came lean to the 

 cabbages : We found, upon weighing their 

 food, that the oxen upon an average, eat 

 14 ftone of cabbages, and half a ftone of 

 hay each, per diem: They will now weigh 

 about 80 ftone each. The three cows eat 

 1 2 ftone of cabbages, and half a ftone of 

 hay per day. The heifers only 9 ftone of 

 cabbages, and ^Ib. of hay. The 12 calves 

 eat 5 ftone per day each, of leaves and off^al 

 of the cabbages, that were given to the 

 abovementioned beafts ; befides a very little 

 wheat ftraw; and never calves grew fafter, 

 or throve better : They were taken by very 

 good judges for two-year-olds ; and far 

 exceed our neighbours of the fame age, 

 which are v/intered on choice hay and oat 

 Iheaves. 



The milk and butter of the 25 cows tafted 

 a little; but entirely owing to want of 



proper 



