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arable, 20 load an acre; they feldont marb, 

 never on grafs ground, nor ufe any compofts. 

 Good grafs land lets from 2C s. to 30 j-. 

 per acre, for vaft numbers of beafts; but 

 more dairying, butter being the commodity 

 of the country ; allow an acre and a rood of 

 grafs to each ox or cow, and live fheep to 

 an acre. The farmers never lay any ma- 

 nure at all on to land of this value. Their 

 breed of horned cattle, chiefly Holdernefs 

 and Dutch. Of oxen, from 60 to 1 20 

 ftone. Profit on a beafl: of 50 ftone, 4/. if 

 fold before Martinmas, but more if kept the 

 winter. They reckon an acre of the above 

 land, will fat an ox of 50 ftone. The value 

 of an ox hide from i 5 j. to 2/. lox. ; the 

 Lancajlnre hides will give more. They 

 reckon the profit from breeding greater 

 than from buying in, if the ftock is 

 good. The produce of a cow 6 /. 7 /. 

 They give, in May, Jime, and "July, 

 from five to nine gallons of milk per day. 

 They allow four or fix hogs to be main- 

 tained by I o cows. . Calves fuck ten days 

 Or a fortnight ; give them lliim milk, and 

 fome give linfeed cakes. A dairy maid 

 will take care of ten cows. If a cow 

 calves early, her winter hay will coft 2 /. 

 I OS. — from that to 3 /. they reckon the joift 

 of a cow in winter. In fummer from 25/. 

 to 3 5 J. and 40 J". Never keep them in the 

 houfc, till after calving ; and if the weather 

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