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half of grafs, at 28 s. ^d. per acre. That 

 five gallons is the mean quantity of milk 

 per cow per diem ; and three hogs the 

 number maintained by ten cows. Even 

 the knowledge that nine is the number 

 managed by one dairy-maid is a point of 

 fbme confequence, as it difcovers that part 

 of the expence of dairies. 



It appears, upon the whole, that cows 

 are by no means, as they are commonly 

 managed, profitable. Two acres and a half 

 of this average grafs come to 2 /. i6j. Sd. 

 in rent alone, befides all other charges, 

 and making half of it into hay; a dairy- 

 maid cannot be reckoned at lefs than 9/. 

 board and wages, or 20/. a cow. Here 

 is above 4/. befides all the firing, and 

 wear and tear of the utenfils, and other 

 labour ; all which, I am clear, muft a- 

 mount to above 5/. It is extremely my- 

 fterious, but I cannot poflibly difcover where- 

 in, according to this general view, lies the 

 profit of thefe dairies. And this leads me to 

 point out the reafons why the advantage is 

 nothing, or at leaft, fo fmall. 



In the firft place, the average quantity 

 of hay eat in the winter (very near an acre 

 and a half,) is one immenfe deduction 

 from product. The very rent of the land 

 pn which it grows is 2/. 2 s. This heavy 

 expence is, four parts in five, incurred for 

 M 4 want 



