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they affert give more milk, but thinner ; 

 long horns, lefs but thicker ; but fhort horns 

 iniiverfally more butter on the fame keeping, 

 and fat to a much greater weight. 



The product of a cow they reckon at 7/. 

 yj-. their winter food, hay when milking, 

 and when dry, turnips: of the firft, two 

 acres: The year's joift they reckon at 4/. 

 lo.f. They keep about three or four hogs to 

 ten cows, which is the number commonly 

 affigned to a dairy-maid. The calves fuck 

 from 14 to 28 days. 



Their flocks of fheep are generally from 

 10 to 80; the profit they calculate at 15/. 

 per Iheep. The joift on turnips is from 

 2 ^ ^. to 3 ^. a week ; but 4 d. in April and 

 the iirft week in May, on any food. The 

 average fleece 6 lb. 



In their tillage they reckon that five or 

 fix horfes are neceflary for the management 

 of 50 acres of arable land ; ufe four in a 

 plough, and do at breaking up the fallows 

 -Iths of an acre a day, but afcerwards an 

 acre. They give their horfes no oats, ex- 

 cept at hard work in the fpring; reckon the 

 annual expcnce at 5/. The fummcr joift 

 from 30^. to 40/. The time of breaking 

 up the ftubblcs for a fallow varies; for tur- 

 nips it is done before barley lowing ; but 

 for wheat after. The price p'r acre of 

 ploughing 4J'. and the depth of ftirring five 

 inches. 



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