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Cottage Gardens, live Stock of the Cottager, 



PastureGround, c,half an acre. Plan 4. 40 yards by 140 yards. 



The cow to be turned in on the 

 12th of May, where there will 

 be a sufficiency until the middle 

 of July; then the sugarloaf 

 cabbage must be begun with 

 by cutting and giving them as 

 the eatage of the pasture re- 

 quires. They will continue 

 until the 1st of October. There 

 will be plenty of dung on the 

 pasture ground. 



Meadow Ground, d, 1 acre, 

 produce 2 tons. About 20 

 barrows of dung must be laid 

 upon one third of the meadow 

 ground every year in January, 

 4 hrs. work. Mowing may be 

 begun in July, 12 hrs. work. 

 The tune of getting the hay 

 depends on the weather, but to 

 average one year with another, 

 three days for the man, wife, 

 and children will be sufficient ; 

 stacking, 1 day ; thatching, 

 i day. Turn the cow into the 

 rowen on the 1st of October, 

 till the severity of the season 

 obliges you to take her into the 

 house, when the turnips will 

 come into use ; but as long as 

 open weather continues turn 

 her out in the day time, giving 

 in the field about 40 lbs. of 

 turnips each day, and about 

 4 lbs. of hay in the night time, 



till she must be taken entirely into the house ; then she must have 14 lbs of 

 hay, and 70 lbs of turnips each day and night. After the turnips are done, 

 begin with the drumhead cabbage, at 50 lbs. each day, with 1 8 lbs. of hay, 

 increasing the quantity of hay and lessening the quantity of cabbage as the 

 cow is getting dry, which will be about the middle of March ; then let her 

 have from 25 to 30 lbs. of hay each day, until she calves, in the latter end 

 of April ; she must then have plenty of hay, and the remaining part of the 

 cabbage, until she is turned into the pasture on the 12th of May. The calf 

 may be suckled ten weeks, and then it will be worth about 4/. 



Breed of Cows. — I think the most profitable breed for cottagers is the 

 Scotch or Irish, as they are more hardy, and can live upon coarser food than 

 the higher breeds of cattle can. Their milk is rich, and yields a quantity 

 of cream, and they are never dry so long as the larger breeds, which makes 

 them the more valuable to a poor man. The Alderney gives a great quantity 

 of milk, and exceedingly rich cream, but are not hardy, and they require 

 very good food, which makes them unfit for a cottager, except in the most 

 southern parts of the kingdom. 



Hogs. — The same as cottagers of the first class. There will, in this case, 

 be skimmed milk, which will keep them in better condition. 



Hens. — As there are all the advantages of the first class, together with 

 more dunghill, the cowshed, stackyard, &c, three hens may very well be 

 kept ; which will lay lay about 200 eggs in the year, part of which may be 

 sold. But for further elucidation, I subjoin a tabular summary of the whole. 



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