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mowing for hay to sustain them in the win- 
ter ? We presume it must take from eight 
to nine acres ot such land. It cannot be 
supposed that a cottager shall be enabled to 
sell off a stale milch cow in the autumn, 
and then purchase a fresh one for his 
winter’s supply ; because the waste of capital 
would ruin him. 
Has Mr. Young calculated what is to be 
his fate when he shall have his modicum of 
hay spoiled by a wet season, from which no 
milk can be produced ? an evil which very 
rarely befals a dairy farmer to tlie same ex- 
tent ; because, from the length of time he 
is harvesting his hay, he is generally enabled, 
in the worst seasons, to get some of it stacked 
in good condition, which he rcserves lor his 
milking cows, and that of the worst qualiw 
is used, without a ruinous loss, in the sup- 
port of dry or b^arren cattle. 
Does Mi\ Young calculate, that cottagers’ 
wives are seldom barren ; and that where a 
woman has a young family, the first ten or 
twelve years after her marriage at least are 
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