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hay is made, and fold ofF the farms ; but 

 Lord Darlington does not allow it upon his 

 eftate. They reckon an acre and an half 

 necelTary to fummer a cow ; and an acre 

 will keep five wethers, or four ewes and 

 lambs. 



Their breed of cattle is the fhort-horned 

 kind. Their fwine they fat up to about 

 24 ftone. 



As to the profit of cows, they calculate 

 pn an average that cows pay in butter, 

 cheefe, and calf, about 5 /. a head ; they 

 give in general five gallons of milk a day. 

 To ten, they do not keep above three or 

 four fwine. The winter food of the dry 

 ones ftraw, and of the others hay; of 

 which they cat upon an average two tons. 

 They let the calves fuck about a month for 

 the butcher, and three weeks for rearing. 

 In the common management a dairy-maid 



will look after 14. The joift in fummer 



is 30 J", in winter in the fields 10 .f. They are 

 kept in winter generally in the fields. 



They reckon the profit of fatting a bead 

 of 50 ftone at about 50 j. or 3/. 



Of flieep they keep from 30 to 200 ; the 

 profit 13 J", a head. Their keeping through 

 winter and the fpring is grafs, hut, in very 

 bad weather, on bad hay. The average 

 weight of wool about 9 lb. 



In the management of their arable lands, 

 they reckon eight horfcs and as many oxen 



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