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I (hall probably be allowed to think, that 

 this table is very dcciiive in difcovering 

 which clafTes of farms are moft beneficial 

 in maintaining large flocks of thefe kinds of 

 cattle. 



In the firft rank Hand thofe from three 

 hundred to four hundred, which have one 

 head of cattle to every two acres of grafs; 

 next come thofe from fifty to two hun- 

 dred ; then fuch as are under fifty ; and 

 next from four hundred to five hundred \ 

 the large farms are not equally beneficial 

 in acres, but nearly fo in rent, that is, from 

 five hundred acres upwards. 



This fomewhat furprizes me, for although 

 I am very clear in the great farms (which 

 are moitly fituated on poor foils) being in- 

 finitely fuperior to fmall ones in their ftocks 

 of fheep, yet I fully expected, that the mid- 

 dling fized ones would greatly exceed them 

 in thefe kinds of cattle, which are fo very 

 feldom kept in iarge quantities on poor 

 foils. 



This table may be further divided in the 

 following manner. 



_, \ %- acreserafs? S 4 1. i zs. rent 



To ceo acres < ^ , & , t <\ r j 

 5 I per head, J \ per head. 



. Above 500 — 8 7 



Q_3 Here 



