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commodioufly. The hurdles are moved every 
morning; confequently the fame number of fheep 
will manure an acre of land daily. One penning 
is never eftimated worth lefs than half a guinea, or 
twelve fhillings per acre, and two ata guinea. The 
hurdles are worth feven fhillings and fix-pence per 
dozen, including ftakes. 
The fheep are conftantly attended by a fhepherd 
the whole day, whofe wages is fix fhillings per 
week, a great coat yearly, and a breakfaft on a 
Sunday, A dog is found and maintained by the 
fhepherd; and the mafter has the fkins of the 
dead fheep. 
Ji is a practice with many farmers in the inclofed 
part of Dorfetfhire, to buy lambs at twelve or thir- 
teen fillings per head, keep them two years, and 
fell them to butchers at twenty-five or twenty-fix 
fhillings each. 
It is generally underflood that the original breed 
of the Dorfet fheep is very fcarce to be met with, 
as moft of the farmers have croffed their flocks 
with the breed of the Hants, Wilts, and Somerfet- 
fhire ikeep, which have certainly improved them, 
as to fize; and I have not obferved any perfon more 
fpeculative as a farmer and grazier in the county, 
than Mr. Bridge of Wenford-Eagle, who has tried 
various forts, and.has now introduced Mr. Bake- 
‘well’s Léicefterfhire breed into the county, which 
ke thinks are quite as finc in the wool as his own, 
: at and 
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