l5e On the Manage j?ient cf Sheep, May 



founded. But fliould that gentleman, or any other advocates of 

 that opinion, wiih to have a public proof, there are breeders of 

 that ftock who, whenever called on, will not farink from making 

 the trial. I am, &.C. 



A Cheviot Breeder. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



On the nature and management qftheJJjortJJjeep; with remarks on 

 the difference between them and the Cheviot breed. 



Sir, 



Of all the animals which this country produces, none is of 

 more public utility, or private advantage than the Iheep. Con- 

 fidering its mountainous range, the coarfeaefs, andotherwife ufe-. 

 leLnets of the pafture on which it f^eds ; and the little exncnce 

 necenary in managing, and keeping up a flock, when compared 

 with its real value, it may furely be reckoned the moft valua- 

 ble animal that thele kingdoms can boal^ of. 



Nature has very much diverfzfied the foil of this country, and 

 h^-s alfo ib varied the properties of this animal, that each kind may 

 be bronght to a frate of the higheft perfeftlcn, in its refpe6tive 

 foil, that the fpecies is capable of attaining to j and the greateft 

 difficulty of management feems to be in Ifocking the foil with that 

 particular kind which it can bring to, and keep at, the higheft 

 Itate of perfection. 



I am well aware of the ridicule that will be thrown upon me, 

 and the impolicy with wiiich I will be charged, for efpoufing the 

 interelts of that kind of Iheep, which the prevailing talle of the 

 times in general, and fo many able lloremafters in particular, 

 have, as it were, combined to extirpate : but whatever becomes 

 popular, the bulk of mankind is often forward in adopting, and 

 years, atno great diltance to come, will prove the fallacy of their too 

 hafly meafures, and the mill: akes of their immature proceedings. 

 ^ Such is the rage for ameliorating the quality of wool (for a- 

 nother property the animal has not) that a purchafe is annually 

 made of Cheviot rams for croiling the ancient, or Forell breed * ; 



but 



* The Forcft Breed, Linton Breed, or Short Shecji.are all different -appeilations 

 of one kind. 1 hey are called the Foreft Breed, from their being found in great 

 plenty and perfection in the county of the Forell — the Linton Breed from the di- 

 Hr.Ci around, and a weekly market heJd there in [uly, which is chiefly compofed of 

 that kind; and :he Short Sheep, to .diltinguiih theiu from the Cheviot Breed, that 

 is much longer in the body. 



