SHEEP : BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



wolds, or Southdowns, but the general stocking of farms will 

 be found to be upon the lines indicated. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SHEEP. 



Taking the United Kingdom as a whole we find that the 

 general distribution of sheep is represented at about 600 sheep 

 per 1,000 acres of agricultural land, associated with 214 cattle 

 of all ages, 40 horses, and 80 pigs upon the same area. 



The relative sheep populations of the various portions of 

 the United Kingdom can only be appreciated by taking into 

 account the areas of uncultivated land as indicated by the 

 differences between total area exclusive of water and total 

 area under crops and "grass." 



Per 1,000 Acres of Cultivated 

 Land and Grass. 



England maintains ... 663 sheep 



Scotland M 1,474 



Wales . 1,326 ,, 



Great Britain ,, 843 



We see, then, that Caledonia is the land for sheep and 

 shepherds, and of the delights of arcadian and pastoral life. 

 Next to her comes " gallant little Wales/' while England is 

 evidently more conspicuously divided between sheep, cattle 

 and corn-growing. 



The following are the principal English sheep-breeding 

 counties according to the most recent agricultural returns : 



Total Area exclusive Total Cultivated Total Number 



County. of Water. Area. of Sheep. 



Lincoln 1,700,844 ... 1,521,483 ... 1,097,923 



Northumberland... 1,284,189 . 706,441 ... 1,140,913 



Kent 973,846 . 736,965 ... 1,024,934 



Devonshire ... 1,666,797 ... 1,211,167 ... 923,755 



Wilts 861,366 ... 726,848 ... 483,694 



Dorset 624,031 ... 478,776 ... 346,629 



Although Scotland possesses so many sheep, the difference 

 in fertility between that country and England is readily 

 seen upon examining statistics as to the number of sheep 

 maintained. Thus we find, on glancing at the most recent 

 agricultural statistics of Great 'Britain, the following figures 

 representing the number of sheep in various Scotch 

 counties : 



