326 THE SHEEP OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



and the lambs soon learn to eat the sweet grass, and grow away 

 famously. They are not generally weaned until July, and it is 

 a good plan to dip them at the time they are separated from the 

 ewes. In order to bring out the hogs after the clip they should 

 be put upon turnips in good time. Those who have little or 

 no plough land send their lambs to the upland farms for 

 wintering. It is a question whether it would not answer as well 

 to sell the lambs out and out, as it is difficult to get them 

 properly attended to. We believe it would pay well to allow 

 them half a pound a day of cotton cake whilst on turnips, as 

 well as a certain quantity of hay. "When really well done, it is 

 quite possible to bring the hogs into market from turnips, 

 weighing from 171b. to 201b. a quarter; but, according to 

 ordinary management, they have to be finished off on the 

 feeding grass in summer, where they thrive rapidly and are 

 much esteemed. By the second autumn they Mil from 251b. to 

 301b. a quarter. 



The principal ram breeders whose blood is in repute are 

 Messrs. Kigdens, F. Murton, Henry Page, and Lord Hothfield, 

 who has only recently become an exhibitor at Smithfield. The 

 value of shearling rams sold by auction varies from 51. to 121. 

 each. 



