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peafe they give but one plowing, fow three 

 bufhels and an half, and get twenty in return. 

 For rye, after turneps, they plow but once, 

 after a fallow three or four times, fow two 

 bufhels, and get thirty. They ftir for tur- 

 neps three or four times, hoe once, in com- 

 mon, and fometimes twice; the average va- 

 lue per acre, 50 j. They ufe them chiefly 

 for feeding fheep. 



Clover they fow with barley, and mow it 

 for hay, of which they get about two tons 

 per acre; and fow oats after. 



In the management of their manure in 

 the farm-yard, they have only fuch as they 

 make from feeding their hay and ftraw, as 

 they ftack the former not in the fields, but 

 in the farm-yards. They know nothing of 

 chopping fhibbles. Of lime they lay from 

 three to eight loads, thirty bufhels each ; it 

 cofts 4 s. a load, befides the leading. They 

 never fold their fheep. 



Good grafs land letts at 20 s. an acre; 

 they apply it chiefly to breeding. An acre 

 and a half will feed a cow, and one acre keep 

 four fheep: They never manure it. The 

 breed of their cattle is the fhort horned, 

 which they prefer to any other ; their oxen 

 are very large, and fat to one hundred and 

 fifty ftone. They reckon the product of a 

 cow at 3 /. They give about four gallons 

 of milk per day : They keep about two pigs 

 to a cow. The winter food of their cows, 



ftraw 



