^TO tn SpaAiJh Jheep. Aag. IC). 



" This was a superiority, which, I confefs, I did 

 not dream of.- — The comparison is not exact, because 

 the ages are not the same. No. i, has eight broad 

 teeth ; No. 2, has six ; and No, 3^, has only four r 

 but it seems ta imply, that this ram is of a thriving 

 race. 



" Another comparison of ram hoggets, proved fa-^ 

 vo Arable to the Spanilh blood. 



No. 



1 , Half South Down, i Bake- 

 well, and A Norfolk, 



2, Ditto, - _ _ 



3, i South Down, j Spanifti, 

 \ Ryeland, 



4, Ditto, a late lamb, 



5, Seven whole bred South 

 Down ; average weight, 



lb. 



o 



I 



9 



I£ 

 14. 



*' Itjhould seem,from this, and various other trials, 

 that so small an addition as one-fourth of Norfolk 

 blood does a marked and efsential mischief. Of 

 these. No. 4 much exceeds the rest, a ftieep of 37 lb. 

 gaining n lb. is in the proportion 23 lb. gain by one 

 cf 80 lb. instead of vwhich it is only 14 lb. 



" Speaking generally, 1 believe the Spanifli blood: 

 will be found to have a good disposition to fJatten ^ 

 if not in the same clafs as some of our long woolled 

 breeds, at least much superior to some ofourfine 

 woolled ones. 



" I put him to forty of my finest woolled South 

 Down ewes,, and therefore maj expect to breed some 



