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two and a half chaldrons per acre, at the ex- 

 pence of 8 J-. a chaldron, befides the leading. 

 The improvement lafts good for two crops ; 

 But unlefs it is laid on very early, it does 

 better for the fecond than the firft. Some 

 farmers, much more fpirited then the reft, 

 mix it with earth ; a chaldron to fix 

 or eight loads of good loam : They lead 

 it hot out of the kiln. Hack it, and then 

 mix it. They leave it three or four months, 

 and then adding foine dung to the heap, 

 turn it over all together a fecond tim^. 

 They lay it upon grafs land at the rate of 

 thirty three-horfe cart loads an acre : and 

 find the improvement very great : This is 

 certainly excellent hufbandry, and cannot 

 be too much commended. 



Good grafs lets from 20 s. to 25 J. an acre : 

 It is ufed chiefly for the dairy; one acre and 

 an half they reckon fufficient for keeping 

 a cow through the fummer, or feven flieep. 

 Their breed of cattle is the fhort horned, 

 which they reckon much the befl:. The 

 annual produd of a cow 5/. and four gallons 

 of milk a day the average quantity. To 

 ten cows they keep three or four fwine. 

 A dairy maid can take care of 10 or 12. 

 The winter food is chiefly hay, (very little 

 ftrav/) and each cow in general eats two 

 good acres. Till calving they keep them 

 in the field, but in the houfe afterwards. 

 The fummer joift from 20s, to 25.f. The 



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