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bred, and are in general good; in grazing, the ftock 
is more generally bought in, and are of various 
breeds, according to their application, the opinion 
of the grazier, and the goodnefs of the land. 
Sheep, on the hills, are the chief ftock; thefe are 
moftly of the horned Wiltfhire breed, the fleeces 
average nine to the tod of 28lbs. worth this year 
26s. 6d. pertod. Average weight when fat, wether 
24lbs. ewe 22lbs. per quarter. This breed is liable 
to a diforder called the Goggles, which fometimes 
occafions very heavy loffes. The only method of 
prevention is, entirely changing the flock once in 
eight or ten years. One practitioner, Mr. Hay- 
ward of Beverftone, has been induced, from this 
circumftance, ‘to try the Cotf{wold breed, and hav- 
ing for three or four years paft, ufed rams of that 
breed, he will very foon entirely get rid of the Wilt- 
fhire blood; and I am inclined to think, will find 
a great advantage in fo doing. 
The Rotation of Crops, it has been si tearis is 
fimilar to that on the Cotfwolds. 1 faw here an 
application of turnips quite new to me. Mr. Hay- 
ward gives them in quantity to his farm-horfes, 
which he finds keeps them very healthy, and in- 
duces them to eat the barn chaff and other dry 
meat with a better appetite;—-they were, when I 
faw them, in very good condition, though I was 
informed they had had no corn for half a year paft, 
and were conftantly worked. The Cotfwold farmer 
can 
