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reckon requires more grafs than a beaft of 

 the fame weight. 



The produdt of their cows is 5/. per 

 head ; they give in the prime of the feafon 

 10, II, or 12 quarts of milk at a meal, 

 or about five gallons a day. In fatting, they 

 reckon a beaft of 50 ftone, wdll yield 5 /, 

 profit, and by breeding cattle from 2 /. to 

 3 /. per head. In winter they feed their cows 

 on ftraw while dry, but afterwards on hay. 

 Their calves never fuck at all. The joift of 

 a cow in fummer is from i /. 5 J", to i /. 1 5 x. 

 and in winter 3 /. The wintering a fat ox, 

 they reckon worth 5 /. 



The fize of their flocks of fheep is from 

 20 to 60 ; the breed the large Teefwater\ fat 

 wethers have been fold at ^^ I. a fcore. 

 The profit per head they reckon from ()s, 

 to 1 3 J-. The keeping through Aprils they 

 value at I J. a head per week. The weight 

 of wool, from 6 to loZ^. 



In the management of their tillage, they 

 reckon i o horfcs neceflary for the cultivation 

 of 1 00 acres of arable land. They ufe two 

 or three in a plough, two double but three 

 at length ; a driver in the /irft cafe, but 

 none in the fecond ; and generally plough 

 an acre a day. The expence per horfe 

 per annum^ 8/. The joift iu fummer, 

 2/. The price of ploughing per acre 

 5J-. They know nothing of chopt ftraw 

 for cliaff. 



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