I.] BREED OF SHE- 



BRi KP. 



In buying in the wether lambs mentioned in : 



ding article, there will not probably be much 

 choice in the vicinity ; and it. is not commonly a 

 profitable speculation to send into distant counties 

 for breeds very different from those of the neigh- 

 bourhood. At present, such has been the spirit of 

 making these importations for the purpose of 

 breeding, that there are not many districts where 

 a fanner has a choice. The new Leicester first, 

 and then the South Downs, have rnad< .able 



inroads in various parts of the kingdom. The 

 former come in com; with all the long* 



woolled breeds ; and the latter with all the short 

 and middling woolled ones. When bred in suffi- 

 cient plenty to be had as wethers, the new Leicester 

 are general/i/ to be preferred. The only doubtful 

 exception I have heard is, when wool tells /ugh, upon 

 very rich marsh land In Lincolnshire. I know of 

 no competition between the South Downs and 

 other fine woolled breeds, in which the South 

 Downs should not be preferred. In buying wether 

 lambs for mountainous moors in the North of 

 England, the black-fa :\se woolled 



Scotch are the common sort, and I believe much 

 superior to any other for regions of real and severe 

 hardship. 



In all this matter, the young farmer is to bear in 

 mind, that for an annual stock, he is to discard all 

 prejudices that are attended with expencc ; these 



must 



