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word, I fuppcfe a given number of acres 

 of thefe crops ; the ufe they are put to is 

 another point, and will be thought judi- 

 cious or abfurd, according to the circum- 

 ftances of the place to which the eftimate 

 is compared. 



A dairy of above 2000 coivs, cries one, 

 hoiv ahfiird ! Hozv many milkmaids there 

 nuifi he\ and pails ^ and trays ^ and churns I 

 Certainly, all thefe are mere matters of 

 proportion, only tranfadted in large inftead 

 of fmall. A dairy of 200 cows is con- 

 duced in the weft of England with as 

 much eafe and fimplicity, as a paltry one 

 of 5 or 6 in the eaftern parts ; and one 

 dairy-wife is as much taken up with the 

 little concern, as the other with the great 

 one : nor have I any doubt but 2000 cows 

 might be managed w^ith as much eafe as 

 200. It is true, the expences run propor- 

 tionably ; if they did not, the profit of the 

 great dairies fhould be reckoned much 

 higher than the fmaller ones. 



But another of my readers, who lives in 

 a country Vv'here milking is particularly be- 

 neficial, had I calculated this farm for fat- 

 ting^ might at once fay, So ! this is a fine 



ejlimate'^ 



