394 THE SHEEP OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



the rise in wages of agricultural labourers, but in implements, 

 machinery, and, in fact, every department of skilled labour con- 

 nected with the farm. During the last few years, severe winters, 

 and lower prices of sheep, lambs, and wool, have put hill fanners 

 much upon a par with the cultivators of the soil. 



