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the table as early as Chriftmas. The other part of 
the flock lefs forward do not yean till the beginning 
of December, but thofe yield a confiderable profit, 
by their lambs being fattened upon grafs, very early 
in the fpring, near London, and produce what is 
called the earlieft grafs-lamb. The lambs kept in 
the hands of the breeders are always taken from the 
ewes in May, and are then ‘worth eleven or twelve 
fhillings each. They are always fhorn in this 
county about Midfummer, and produce from one 
pound to one pound and a half of wool each, and 
the ewes are alfo fhorn about the fame time. 
worth about thirteen or fourteen fhillings perhead; at 
Lambs when fhorn, if for fale at the fairs in July, are 
one year old the animal is called a hog, and produces 
four or five pounds of wool, and the cian is worth 
about a guinea. The fecond year, the fheep is a 
four-tooth; the fleece produces about four pounds. 
and ahalf of wool, and the carcafe is worth about 
twenty-five or twenty-fix fhillings. The third year 
the fheep is a full-mouthed wether, and produces 
about five pounds of wool, and is then worth thirty 
fhillings or a guinea and a half, is feldom kept 
longer, but generally fold from the county. If, 
however, the fheep be kept well, the next year, its 
weight will be twenty or twenty-five pounds per 
quarter, and will produce thirty-fix or thirty-eight 
fhillings. 
The wool produced in this county is hort and 
fine, of a clofe texture, and the quality of it is highly 
efteemed 
