LIVE STOCK. 333 



that amount. I shall subjoin the authenticated account given 

 me of a Lincolnshire sheep, which will show that I do not 

 deal in exaggerations.* The sheep which I saw in the process 

 of fattening, it was thought, would closely approximate the same 

 weight. I may well say, &quot; they were a sight to behold.&quot; 



That any sheep should be found of the extraordinary weight 

 of the one given below, will excite the surprise of many of 

 my readers. These sheep, however, as a breed, are not dis 

 tinguished for their thrift, and are not sought after in the mar 

 ket. A small Welsh sheep, the meat of which is particularly 

 liked, though weighing only about ten pounds a quarter, would 

 sooner find a purchaser, and at a higher proportionate price. 



The Dorsetshire sheep have the peculiarity of producing 

 lambs twice in the year. On the farm of an enterprising 

 cultivator in Worcestershire, whose farming is of a high order,f 

 it is the custom to breed from Dorset e\ves, twice a year, 



* Weight and particulars of &quot; William the Fourth,&quot; a two-shear sheep, fed by 

 Henry Healey, Esq., and slaughtered at Brigg, 10th March, 1836. 



Ibs. oz. 



Live weight, 434 00 



Dead weight, 304 10^ 



Ibs. oz. 



Blood, 11 



Skin, 36 



Pluck, 84 



Loose fat, 34 



Entrails, 26 12 



Head, 8 12 



Waste, 4 9 129 5 



434 



Dead weight, 304 Ihs. 10 oz., or 76 Ibs. 2 oz. per quarter. 



This sheep clipped sixteen pounds of wool the first time he was shorn, and 

 twelve pounds the second time. 



f As I may have no better opportunity, I shall digress here to speak of what 

 this farmer has effected, within a few years, by his excellent management. The 

 farm consists of one hundred and seventy-two acres of fair land, with a varied 

 soil, and when he entered upon its improvement, it was quite &quot; down at the heel.&quot; 

 He has increased his average product of wheat from twenty-three bushels to 

 thirty-six bushels per acre, and has sometimes produced fifty-one bushels. His 

 yield of carrots average thirty-six tons per acre, and his mangel-wurzel twenty- 

 five tons. He prefers the Belgian, or white carrot, to any other, being much more 

 productive. This is a general opinion. He keeps twice the quantity of stock 

 which was kept on the farm when he began his improvements ; and he sells an 

 nually sixty tons of hay. 1 refer, in this case, to the farmer who cultivates gorse 



