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Scial *rassc?, accompanied with turnips and other winter proven* 

 der, will support these, or indeed any other sort in the highest 

 perfection. 



The large heavy loaded sheep of Leicester and Lincolnshire have 

 never been tried ; but it might be worth while to make the experi- 

 ment ; and as these sheep are well cloathed, the coldness of the cli- 

 mate could not, I should think, afFect them. 



The great doubt lies, whether this sort of sheep would bear fold- 

 ing; if not they are inadmissible, as folding is the " sine qua non" of 

 good husbandry on a sheep and com farm. 



Under the auspices of the Bath Society, unto which his majesty 

 was graciously pleased to present a Spanish ram, a new breed of 

 sheep has been lately introduced, which bids fair to exceed all 

 othes of equal size in quantity and quality of wool, accompanied with 

 a carcase by no means despicable; but as these crosses of breed are 

 found sometimes to degenerate, I shall not be too warm in recom- 

 mendation, till a farther trial has been made, and experience has 

 confirmed their superiority. 



On the northern declivity of Mendip hills are some very good 

 coppice woods ; the principal are Blagdon, Hasel, and Ubly, con- 

 taining in the whole about 100 acres. 



These woods are very romantic and picturesque, and being se- 

 cured from the south west breezes, the growth is very rapid, and 

 the profit greater than any will believe who have not had experience 

 thereof; beside these profits may be made annual, and are in them- 

 selves more certain than any other produce. You have only to 

 divide a coppice of 48 acres into 12 parts, that is 4 acres per year, 

 12 years growth. The more ashes in these coppices the more va- 

 luable, as the poles are very saleable at the coal pits, and I have 

 known many instances of an acre producing in value 1 61. net after 

 the expences of cutting, carriage, &c. have been deducted. This 

 is nearly 28s. per acre per annum, for the whole 48 acres, beside 

 the accumulating value of timber trees. It is more profitable to 

 cat coppice wood every 1 2 years, than to let it remain longer. On 

 the southern declivity of Mendip hills, there are also some coppice 

 woods, stoke wood the principal, but these being exposed to the 

 -western breezes, are not so productive, 



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