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hundred ; they begin lambing about Christmas, and the Iambs are 

 weaned in May. After the lambs are shorn, which is at Midsum- 

 r r, they are worth about fifteen shillings each. The produce of 

 3n ewe sold at three years and three quarters old may be thus stated : 



£. s. d. 



• Tw ■> lambs, at 15s 1 10 o 



>oth of ewe and lambs .......0126 



I ing - 0150 



1 e 180 



l- 4 5 6 



The ewes forward with lamb in October, are sold to the Londo^ 

 k c for th* purpose of house lamb, and sometimes bring thirty- 

 five shillines. thou h folded to the time of sale. 



Sc ne farmers buy wedder lambs about Midsummer (shorn) at 

 fiitei 1 shillings, and keep them about twenty-two months ; con- 

 sum ly folding them. They are then sold (unshorn) to the graziers 

 qcc ipying the marsh lands, at the price of twenty-seven to thirty- 

 eigoit shillings each. 



£. s. d. 



Folding . 100 



Wool 040 



Average price sold at ,...1126 



216 6 

 Deduct first cost of lamb .,0150 



The latter stock requires less care than the former, and at the 

 game time enables the farmer to manure more land; for they may 

 bt folded through the whole winter, on the pasture land. 



The. number of sheep kept in this district is immense, and fold- 

 ing unremittingly pursued. 



Clover is the grass generally sown, and their course of husban- 

 dry, ist. Wheat, 2d. Turnips, 3d. Barley,. 4th. Clover, Vetches,, 

 Flax, Hemp, Peas or Beans, and 5th. Wheat again. 



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