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Hogs they fat up to twenty-five flone. 



The flocks of fheep are not many near 

 the town, but at a iinall diltance they rife 

 from twenty to two hundred ; the profit 

 they calculate at 10 s. a head. The winter 

 ipring food is a few turneps, but, in general, 

 grafs alone. The average of fleeces about 

 4 \ lb. 



In their tillage they reckon fix horfes ne- 

 ceffary for one hundred acres of arable land: 

 They ufe three or four in a plough, and do 

 an acre a day. They calculate the whole 

 annual expence/>^r horfe at 4/. 16 s. The 

 fummer joift 40 s. The price per acre of 

 ploughing is c s. 3 d. and the time of break- 

 ing up their flubbles for a fallow, after the 

 barley fowing. The general depth five 

 inches. 



They know nothing of cutting ftraw into 

 chaff. 



The hire per day of a cart, three horfes, 

 and a driver, 5 s. 



In the hiring and flocking of farms, they 

 reckon that, with particular management, a 

 man may ftock one of 100/. a year for 

 200/. but that for 300/. many fuch are 

 taken. That fum they divide in the follow- 

 ing manner : 



Twenty beafts, - £.120 



Five horfes, 40 



Porty fheep, - - 16 



PigS 2 



Harnefs, 



