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PrcduB. 



Fatting 6 oxen 14 weeks, at 



3>s.6d. - - ^14 14 o 



Keeping 4 calves 14 weeks, at 



I J. 4^. - - 3 14 S 



Fatting 12 fheep 14 weeks, at 



8^. 5 12 o 



Keeping 3 1 ewes 9 weeks, at 8 ^. 9 6 o 



£■33 6 8 



Which is per acre, 8 /. 6 f. 8 d. 



No cattle could thrive better than the 

 above ; the oxen fatted extremely faft, as 

 did the 1 2 ilieep ; the calves were in excel- 

 lent condition ; and the ewes never better, 

 the lambs healthy and good, and not one 

 loft through the feafon. — Barley fucceeded, 

 and though the land is not at all favourable 

 to that grain, yet the crop was great. 



1764. 



This year Mr. Scrcope extended the cul- 

 ture to eight acres two roods, the land a 

 good loam, worth 15/. an acre. It was 

 ploughed, for the firfl time, the beginning 

 of March ; and, the fecond time, the end 

 o{ ApriU from angle to angle. The firft 

 week in Mr.y^ two chaldrons per acre of 

 lime were harrowed in w^ith ox-harrows, 

 horfc ones following. Between tlie 5th 



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