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TliP niaikots for the fale of fat (lock, cfpecially thofe 

 of the neat cattle and (lieep kinds, are generally as high 

 abo'jt the end of April as at any other period of the year, 



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The frequent weighing of tlie fattening ftock fhews the 

 grazier the different degrees of progrefs which the animals 

 have made in different periods and fituations, as well as what 



that could - not be readily acquired 

 ner. 



any 



other 



ai-e really fat at that time are fure to fetch a good price yier, 



in the markets, and particularly at Smithfield With the maim r ,,-.•. », n- 



iRltcr animals, however, the tufe is, in fome inftances, ra- But affiltance of tins nature is not by any means nrccfTary 



thor different 'as to thofe farmers who are good providers : for fuch graziers as have been long accuilomed to the hand- 



fnrinr food is now beginning to be ready, though feldom ling and judging of the weights of animals, as they can in 



in fuch plenty, from the number of bad' managers, as to general form tolerably corrett ojimions by the eye and th 



pie ,. 

 reduce the market? in any great degree. 



TTie inexperieno d grazier (liould confequently tully wei<^ 

 and confide'r the dift'erent modes in which he may be able 

 to difpofe of his fat ilock to the greatcll advantage. The 

 iirll aud principal place to which iiis attention will be ch- 

 ecked, will probably be Smithfield market, efpecially for 



If he be fituated in a dillr;ct 



fullv 



feci, in confequcnce of Inch long experience ; though it 

 not unfrequentlv happens that they are deceived, the beafts 

 turning much better and heavier than they had imagined. 

 It has, indeed, been remarked that, let the grazier be as ex- 

 perienced as he may in buying and felling, as well as in judfr- 

 ing by the hand and the eye, the butcher will beat him, from 

 havincr been able to bring the live to the tcft of the dead 



the more fouthern graziers. __ . • ,- • r , ■ c tcr -a , , 



thit is divided into fmall or middhng fized farms, and in weight, in inch a variety ot dihercntmltances, as mult render 

 which the farmers are commonly in the regular practice his judgment perfect. The grazier, though he cannot 

 of emiloviiig diilriA drovers, in whom proper confidence therefore equal bun, may, in a great meaiure, approximate 

 can be placed, he will of necelTity be as fafe as liis neigh- to him by means of frequent careful weigb.ing of the living 

 \ hours, and mav not have reafcm for any particular caution, animals. 



This mode is very common in the eallern part of the county It muff of courfe appear evident that it is a matter of 



of Norfolk. Where he occupies a very large farm, what- great confequence for the ilock farmer, to make himfelf, as 

 ■ ■ ■ ' ' loon as polhble, perfectly converfint with this part of his 



bufinefs, as without it he muil be liable to be greatly deceived 

 in his dealings. 



GRAZING, the practice of feeding and pafturing 

 11, he may fafely truff to him ; as the ufual con 



ever the natvire of it may be, whether an arable gra/mg 

 one, as is cullomary in Well Norfolk, or a grafs grazing 

 one, as in the county of IJncolii, on a fcale that enables 

 him' to fend many droves in a pretty regular manner to 



his falefman, , . . • r c 



fidence and integrity of trade molUy take place in fuch 

 cafes. But it mull be obferved, that it is feldom the cafe 

 that the grazier wh.o fends occalionally or accidentally a 

 lot of fat bealls or Iheep to Smiilificld market, gets as fair 

 a price for them as his great neighbour, who is in con- 

 ilant dealiii'.^, gets the fame day, or liis little one, whofe 

 ilock took "tlie fame chance through the means ot a confi- 

 dential drover. The perfon who thus drops in a lot, out 

 of the regular courfe of his bufinefs, is fcarcely ever fatisfied 

 with the treitment he meets. And there is, without doubt, 

 much truth in the remark, in conlVqucnce of the frequency 

 of its being made by pcrlons from ditferent places. 



On tlus account the incxix-rienced grazier ffiould con- 

 fider the circumllance well, and try the country butcher.^. 



down grals-lands with different forts of live l!ock^ with 

 the intention of improving and rendering them fit for the 

 market. It is a fort ot management that cannot be carried 

 on to much advantage, except in thofc diltricts where the 

 quantity of paffurc land is confiderable, and of a fuitable 

 quality for the purpcie, or where the value of tbe produce 

 of inch fward land is but fmall in comparison with the 

 Ilock which is fed upon it. 



There are particular diftricls in dilTerent parts of the king- 

 dom that are much more in this fyllein of farming tluitj 

 others, as i;. exemplified by thole of the counties of Lincoln 

 and Leicefter, in the middle part of the ifland, Somerfet, 

 Glouceiler, &:c. in the weff, and Romney uiarfli, &:c. in 

 the fiiutli. 



But there are trafls of grazing ground of more or lefs 



in order to feel ^i way thnnigh the difficulty as well as extent in moll of the counties of the kingdom. 



he can, -provided liis farm be of fuch a lize, and in ftich It is well remarked that there are certain fituations as 



a fituation as to lav liim open to its influence and elfefts. well as defcriptions of patture ground on which tiiis method 



In the bufinefs of gra/.mg, great advantage may be de- ot farming may be had recoiirfe to with better profits, and 



rived, by thofe who have not had much experience, from more luccefs than that of any branch of the dairying fvllem; 



the frequent weighing of the anitnals while alive ; as by a Tliis muff be the cale in till tliofe diffricts where the propor- 



comparil'on of the living with the dead weight, in fuch tion ot land in the Hate of tillage is very fmall in coniparifon 



cafes, as when they are killed in their own neighbonrhoods, to that of the palhire kind, confequt-ntly the price of pro- 



they may foon become able to judge, with a tolerable degree duce of the grafs fort trifling in coniparifon to that of the 



of con-eCtnefs, of the dead weiglit of any common li/.ed fat ffock. In all fuch dillricls of the kingdom where the 



heart, of which they have afcertained tlie weight while in grais-lands are of fo fine and rich a quality, as to be ca- 



thc Hviii"- Hate. And where the living weiglit has been ])able of fattening large bullockfi or other cattle, this fyllem 



taken from tables of admeafurement, luch as tlntfe com- may be had recourfe to with much fucccfs and profit, and is 



pofed by Bantor, they may compare the refult in a pretty perhaps the betlapplication to which the lands can be iipplicd, 



exact wily. ''^ '^ f"'!}' ff'ewn by fuch olillrifts being moiUy under fomo 



The work of afccrtaining the living weight in flieep, calves, management or other of this nature, 



hogs, and other tinilar kinds of animals, may be eifeiled in It may be obferved that the art of grazing to advantage de- 



a hmple and cafy manner, merely by tlie contrivance of pends ui)on a variety of circumllances, fuch as thofc of the 



a fort of cage or large covered balket, with a door at each nature and quality of the grounds, the propriety of thf 



end for their reception and difcharges, to which is attached management of them in r^fpeft to feeding down, changing, 



S pair of large ileclyard;, fo as to Ibew the weight. and Uuitting them up ; the properly adapting the ilock ta 



them 



