STATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S F1NE-WOOLED SPANISH SHKEF. $Q 



nifh ; nor is this to be wondered at, when we recollect that 

 the effect of a mixture of breeds operates in the following pro- 

 portions. 



The firft crofs of a new breed gives to the lamb half of the Rate of imelia* 



mmmm » m u)~~a c/\ - j. ration of wool 



ram s blood, or 50 per cent. ^ by the Spanifl| 



The fecond gives - - - - - 75 ditto, crofs. 



The third 87 f ditto. 



The fourth - 93| ditto. 



At which period it is fald, that if the ewes have been judi- 

 ciouflv felecled, the difference of wool between the original 

 frock and the mixed breed is fcarcely to be difcerned by the 

 moft able practitioners. 



More need not be faid of the doctor's merit. His book, 

 which every man who wifhes to improve wool ought to read, 

 will give a more juft idea of the acutenefs of his difcrimination, 

 the diligence with which he purfued his purpofe, and the fuc- 

 cefs that finally attended his judicious management, than can 

 be ftated in the brief form of a report like this. 



Much, however, as Dr. Parry deferves the gratitude of all I -. ord i Somer- 

 who honour the fleece, Lord Somerville's merit Hands at leaft an/judkious 

 as eminently confpicuous. Emulating the example of his fo- labours in efta- 

 vereign, his lordfhip, whofe juft difcrimination of the va l ue of£|fo fo c fc, Spa ~ 

 different breeds of flock is admitted by the mod experienced 

 agriculturifts, made a voyage to Portugal, for the fole purpofe 

 of felecling by his own judgment, from the beft flocks in Spain, 

 fuch fheep as joined in the greater!: degree the merit of a good 

 carcafe, to the fuperiority in wool which the Merino flocks 

 are allowed to poffefs. 



His lordftiip fucceeded, and brought home, more than two 

 years ago, a flock of the firft quality, which will probably re- 

 pay with advantage the cofts of the undertaking, as fome of 

 his lordfhip's rams are faid to have been already fold for 100 

 guineas each. 



As ten crops of wool have now been (horn from his majefty's His majefty's 



Spaniih flock, and not a Angle fheep from Spain has been in- J ock has P rove4 

 ,,..,. ° r r by ten years ex- 



troduced into it during the whole of the ten years that have perience, that 



produced them, and as the tenth crop afforded nearly five-fixths Spaniih wool 



of prime wool and only one-fourteenth of fribbs, it is to be nerat g j n tn i s c li- 



hoped that the deep-rooted prejudice which has for ages de- mate, and that 



ceived the people of England into an opinion that Spaniih wool ex J^j t . 



degenerates in this climate, will now be finally lodged in that 



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