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Suppofe a beafl of eighty ftone to be put 

 to cabbages the firft of November, he will by 

 the laft day of April coniiime feventeen tons 

 of cabbages and 1 icwt. of hay. The average 

 of the above crops is thirty-fix tons, or a 

 fufficiency for fattening two fuch oxen, 

 and leaving a furplus of two tons, which 

 will yield a good mare of the value of the 

 hay. If inftead of two fuch large beafts, 

 four of half the weight were fatted, they 

 might be put quite lean to the cabbages, 

 and they would be completely fat in lefs 

 than fix months : What a noble product to 

 be able to fat four head of oxen per acre! 

 What quantities of manure would be raifed! 

 How foon might a whole farm be im- 

 proved ! 



Thefe proportions are nearly the fame. 

 It comes in the next place to examine the 

 expences of cultivating this vegetable, taking 

 the prices of labour as they are in the re- 

 ipedtive neighbourhoods. 



Seed. 



Mr. Crowe - 

 Mr. Scroop - 



Average, 1;. 7 d. 



Planting. 



Mr. Middlemore y 1 s. per thou-] 



fand, or at four feet by two, >o 5 o 

 about - j 



Mr. 



