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ing them at fix weeks or two months old : at 

 a fortnight they fell at 3 or 4s. Some, but 

 not dairy-men, give them in rearing hay-tea. 

 They fatten many cows, having much grafs; 

 an acre to a cow. Swine fatten from one to 

 two cwt. Many are kept upon potatoes alone, 

 and fattened intirely upon that root, which is 

 thought to be a very profitable ufe ; the po- 

 tatoe fed pork much firmer than that on pol- 

 lard. There is a great demand this year, 

 many {hip loads alive being bought up for 

 England ; and the price good, encourages the 

 breed incredibly. Many fheep are kept, 

 bought in every year in autumn, moftly ewes, 

 but fome wethers, at 12 to 15s. Sell the 

 lambs fat in Mayor June at 10s. cut four or 

 five pound of wool, worth 5s. and fat the ewe 

 to 19 or 20s. profit il. is. a head. Buy we- 

 thers at 20 to 25s. fell at 30 to 42s. with a 

 fleece of feven pound ; in winter they have 

 hay, and fome fheaf oats. No rot here. 

 Plough all with horfes, fix to a plough, and 

 do an acre a day, working often from fix in 

 the morning to eight at night, and ftirring 

 eight or nine inches deep. They keep 10 or 

 12 horfes to 100 acres in tillage, and breed 

 them all themfelves. The price of plough- 

 ing 8s. an acre. The whole preparation of a 

 fallow worth 25s. an acre ; and for barley 1 2s. 

 The form of lands narrow ridges three or four 

 feet wide; the year's expenfe to a farmer 5I. 

 each horfe ; very feldom give them any oats. 

 They cut no flraw into chaff; and as all their 

 corn is winnowed in the road, the chaff of it 



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