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known. In order to flop the progrefs of this 

 advance in the price of provifions, which 

 feems as if it would 'become (till more con- 

 fiderable, it is necefTary to encourage country 

 farmers to apply themfelves Hill more than 

 ever to the breeding of horned cattle ; the 

 Root of Scarcity will furnifh them with the 

 means, and will deftroy the pretext com- 

 monly employed by farmers, that they can- 

 not deprive themfelves of the milk of their 

 cows, which is fo ntcefiary for their own 

 fubfiftence, and that of their families. By 

 making ufe of the Root of Scarcity, they 

 may, with a little care and trouble, wean, at 

 ten or twelve days old, thofe calves that they 

 are defirous to rear. 



From the third day, it is necefTary, once 

 a day, to give to calves newly calved a 

 little milk lukewarm, in a wooden bowl 5 

 whether they drink it, or not, is of little 

 confequence it will be fuflicient, if they 

 moiften their lips with it. They will drink it 

 willingly when they are eight or ten days old; 

 and from that time they fliould no more be 

 fuffered to approach their dam : they fhould 



then 



