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here are not (o ftridly united as in many 

 other cafes. In this, a minute attention to 

 trifles would, I am confident, render thefe 

 .eftlmates lefs applicable to real circum- 

 ftances, than a more general method of 

 conducing them. 



I muft again repeat, that when I calculate 

 fo large a number as 2000 cows, I am only 

 fhewing proportions, A cultivator of fucli 

 a farm may find it more advifeable to ap- 

 ply his crops to feed other fpecies of cattle, 

 as lefs troublefome ; but fl:ill the propor- 

 tionate flock remains the fame. There are 

 ynany who might fay to me. Would you ad~ 

 'u'lfe 7116 to incumber 7nyfc If iv it h 2000 coivs? 

 To whom I fhould affuredly anfwer, By no 

 means. But fuppofe they vary their que- 

 ftion, and fay, Which is the jjiojl prof table 

 ife to ivhich 13000 acres of cabbages and 

 lucej'ue can be applied? I reply. To the feed- 

 ing of coivs. But does it follow that I 

 am to fmooth the difficulties in fuch a 

 plan, on comparifon with common manage- 

 jncnt ? That would be an abfurd attempt. 

 I fuppofe the cows to pay 5 /. exclufive of 

 expences; the latter may run fo high, in 

 feme places, that this fuppofition will be 

 2 falfc ; 



