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Five (heep to an acre. They are in general 

 tied by their leafes to l.y all their dung on 

 their grafs lands. 



Their breed of cattle are the fhort horned ; 

 but the polled fort they efteem moll. Their 

 hogs fat to 20 and 25 (lone. 



The produd of a cow they reckon at 5 /. ; 

 a middling one will give fix gallons of milk 

 per d?ry ; each they reckon W\\\ maintain 

 two pigs. Their winter food is in general 

 hay, of which they eat that of an acre a 

 head. Straw is feldoni given them without 

 turnips. Their calves they never fuckle, if 

 for rearing ; but for the butcher three weeks. 

 The fummer joiil is 30 /. the winter 50 s. 

 A dairy-maid can manage 12, with help 

 at milking. 



In refped to fitting, a beaft, which in 

 the fpring is bought (as prices have gone of 

 late) at 5 /. will fell out of the aftergrafs at 

 8/. or 8/. 10 J-, 



The flocks of flieep rife from 20 to 200. 

 The profit they reckon at 60/. a hundred. 

 They keep them in winter upon hay and 

 turnips ; the joifting pri :e in the latter 3 //. 

 a week. To have fat ilieep kept through 

 the month of yf/r// well, they would give 

 2 J. per head per veek. The average weight 

 of wool is feven pounds. 



As to the tillage, they reckon that four 



oxen and eight horfes ^re neceffary for the 



management of 100 acres of arable land. 



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