SET STOCK LAMBS. [AUG. 



price of the year is given equally to all flocks, 

 there is little encouragement to lessen quantity foi 

 the sake of quality ; retaining, however, in ider 

 the fa 61 that both are attainable, that it is very 

 common to see coarse brcec/wd sheep with ligl 

 fleeces; and those of a fine quality heavv ii 

 weight. The Spanish fleeces, which are finer thai 

 any other, are heavier than those of our fine? 

 woolled sheep. With combing wool, the import 

 ance of the fleece 'depends still more on price ; 

 have seen it 8s. a tod ; and it has lately been 36s. 

 Quality is of very little consequence indeed coi 

 pared with quantity, and when wool sells high, n< 

 prudent breeder will set his stock without being 

 governed considerably by this object. 



The high prices at which new Leicester, 

 imd new South Down rams let and sell, hi 

 opened a field of speculation in sheep-breed- 

 ing. It is sufficient to remark, that this spirit 

 of breeding, whether it shall prove durable or 

 not ; whether much money shall or shall not be 

 made in it in future, is not what any prudent man 

 beginning business will adventure in but with 

 great caution : men of such immense fortune ai 

 now taking a lead in it, and are in many re>pc< 

 doing it on such liberal principles, that the wise; 

 conduct of such farmer a- 1 may be supposed 

 address, is to take proper opportunities of con- 

 verting their experiments to their own (the farmers) 

 profit. Leave the expence to them, but when you 



