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2 (1796) The Rural Economy of the West of England. 2
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FENOPS. The banks thinner and lower, than in Weſt Devonfhire; but of the ſame form.

The BuILDINGS are moſtly of Stone and Slate: ſomeCob' or Mudwall.

CRoPncs. Wheat and Barley, with ſome Oats and Turneps(unhoed), with a little Clover and upland Ley. But not a Bean nor a Pea(unleſs harveſted), in this Ride!

The cATTLE are of the Weſt of Eng- land breed: bred and kept on the heaths, in great numbers, from yearlings to aged Oxen: working theſe occaſionally from the heath!

The SüEEP oOf the heaths are tall, and ill formed: ſome polled, ſome horned: yet, apparently, all of the ſame old ſtock: the Ewes are now at rut: the Rams have moſtly large horns.

BEFaAasTs of LABOR. Some Oxen and Horſes in carriages. But Packhorſes ſeem ſtill to be much in uſe.

IMPLEMENTS. A lingular kind of two- wheel carriage, for Horſes or Oxen, is here in common uſe; eſpecially, I believe, to carry harveſt produce upon. It is called

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