SHEEP CENSUS. 



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breeds, and these together give a total of 4,000,000, without in- 

 cluding breeds which have been partially improved, as a section 

 of the Welsh Mountain. In the aggregate the sheep classed as 

 Mountain races exceed any other type, which is not unnatural, 

 as sheep are essentially the animal of the high-lying pastures and 

 heaths ; as a rule these have been less directly crossed than have 

 other breeds, which follows from the fact that where the food 

 is little altered by man's agency it is not advisable to disturb 

 Nature too much. 



The Census, as arrived at, gives : 



