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The graziers ready reckoner : Or, A useful guide for buying and selling cattle, being a complete set of tables, distinctly pointing out the weight of black-cattle, sheep, or swine, from three to one hundred and thirty stones, by measurement; together with directions, shewing the particular parts where the cattle are to be measured. By George Renton, Berwickshire farmer.

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Main Author:	Renton, George
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Subjects:	Cattle trade > Tables > Early works to 1800. Ready-reckoners > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
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