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From Chrifimas to May-day three ftorie ^ 

 day ; in general under two ton. To joift aL 

 cow through fummer is 35 J. They com-* 

 monly keep them in the houfe after calving; 

 but at other times in the fields. The calves 

 they rear fuck only fix days, but thofe for 

 the butcher, three Vvreeks or a month. 



Suppofe the two ton of hay in wintef 

 to be - - - >C- 3 o o 



and in the fummer - -^ i 15; o 



Total ^.4 15 o 



befides the attendance, and hazard : The 

 profit i/. 5 J. this is low. It is very re- 

 markable that the profit of cows fhould in 

 fo many places be fo fmall. 



In fatting cattle, they calculate the fum- 

 mer profit on a beaft of 50 fl:one at 50 x. 



The fize of the flocks of fhecp is from 

 10 to 200 ; and the profit on them they 

 calculate at from 20 to 25/. a fcore. The 

 price of wintering is 6 s. upon grafs. In 

 the month of y//>r//, the farmers would give 

 4</. a week per head for keeping. The 

 medium quantity of wool is about eight 

 pounds. 



In tillage, they reckon fix horfes and 

 four oxen requifite for the management of 

 50 acres of arable land, but the latter may 

 be turned to fatting after turnip fo wing. 

 They ufe for the firll ploughing two oxen 

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