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 None of* the Lancafiire long horns will e- 

 qual them in milking. Some farmers have 

 got a crofs breed by Lancajlnre bulls ; but 

 it has been found prejudicial to the dairy. 



In the management of their milk, the laft 

 night's is fet for cream, and the milk, with 

 the new of this morn, mixed for the cheefe; 

 likewife moft of the cream of laft night's 

 milk, warmed to the warmth of the new 

 milk. They ufe nothing but rennet for co- 

 agulation. The cheefes weigh from 15B. 

 to izolb. 



Their tillage is too trifling to admit a ge- 

 neral defcription ; but they reckon the annual 

 expence of a horfe at 61. They break up 

 their ftubbles for a fallow in May or June, 

 ftir three inches deep. The price of plough- 

 ing per acre 4J-. td. and $s. Know nothing 

 of cutting ftraw into chaff. 



In the hiring and flocking farms they 

 reckon 200/. fufficient for one of 50/. a year. 



Land fells at thirty and thirty-two years 

 purchafe. 



Tythes both gathered and compounded. 



Poor rates 3 s. in the pound. The em- 

 ployment chiefly fpinning of flax. All drink 

 tea. 



The farmers carry their corn feven miles, 

 that is, to the Duke of Bridgwater 's navi- 

 gation. 



Leafes run chiefly for three lives, 



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