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From Ajkrig to Keeth and F remington^ the 

 country is mountainous, and full of lead 

 mines * ; the vales are all grafs inclofures, 

 rich, and let very high. 



The foil is in general a rich loam and a 

 red gravel, lets from 10 s. to 40 j-. an acre: 

 — thefe grafs farmers occupy from 5/. to 

 60/. a year. As to the management, it is, 

 as you may fuppofe, not very complex. — 

 Their manuring confifts chiefly in ufmg 

 peat and coal afhes ; the lall of which they 

 reckon beft on wettifh lands. 



Their ftock is chiefly cows,, and horfes 

 to carry lead : An acre will in fome years 

 keep a cow, but not often : And in fome it 

 requires three or four acres. Their breed of 

 cattle is the fhort horns ; and the fize of 

 their fwine up to 20 fl:one. 



The fummer's milk of a cow, is worth 

 5 /. I o J-. ; the common quantity four gal- 

 ions a day. It is all fold; no dairies. In 

 winter the cows food is hay alone, of which 

 they eat an acre and half ^^r head. They 

 fuckle their calves a week for killing ; but 



* In which many hundreds of people are employed ; 

 the men earn at an average about \ s. 3 (^. a day ; the 

 wonien 15. and boys and girls from \d. to c^d.'. 

 But the day's work finilhes by twelve, or one o'clock, 

 lifter which no bribes are fufficient to tempt tiiem into 

 the farmer's fervice, in the bufieft times, not ev^n for 

 an hour. 



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