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KEEPING ROUND. 



AUG. 



a circumstance too important to be forgotten. But 

 the young farmer \vill remember, that upon thi 

 system he must not have a show flock, or let t 

 vanity of a farm have the least influence with him 

 if in this way he will have something to talk o 

 a score or two of pampered favourites, the fevve 

 the better, for they may cost him more than th 

 are worth. 



SELL LAMES. 



Having set his own stock, he drives the rest 

 the ewe lambs and all the wethers to the lamb fai 

 and it will be satisfactory to him, in ascertainin 

 comparative prices, as well as for knowing the pr 

 gressive state of his flock, to weigh and register 

 the weights of all. Let him also acquaint himse 

 by proper inquiries among his neighbours, of t 

 expences which ought to be incurred in drivin 

 hiring grass or stubbles, shepherd and assistant 

 board, hurdles, &c. &c. 



If the fairs for the ^ale of lambs are later than 

 August, as in September, and even to Michaehna 

 as in some districts, great care must be taken 

 keep them in forcing food, as in spring tares, earl 

 sown rape, good gra^s of the right degree of bit 

 &c. &c. in order to promote their growth and i 

 crease their value. But to srll in August is mo 

 beneficial. 



Ki.: \n. 



This term is not very expressive of its nicanin 

 but common among farmers, for describing a di 

 ferent sheep system, that of so proportioning th 



number 



