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i'lii'm to ths premium, Class 4, !No. 16, p. 45. which Is of- 

 fered to tliL" stock faimer who shall have bred and kept, 

 in the usual mod.; of husbanch-y in the neighuourhood, 

 thcgreati'st iiuiiiber uud most prolitable sort of sheep, ia 

 proportion to- the si;ie of his farm, in consequence of his 

 Laving changed his sort of sheep from what had bcea 

 nsuaily kept on the farm; or on simihu* farms in the neigh- 

 bouiiiond. 



" [a order thai a breeding farmer may maintain the 

 number of his stock, he oug^lit to sell in the year no more 

 store sheep than will be supplied by his lambs. It ap- 

 pears, however, that Lord Somerville disposed of forty- 

 six more tluin h;s proportion : that number should, there-, 

 fore, probably be set in abatement of his profit for the 

 year. 



" The average price of the sale sheep having- been 



4.1 IT3. 2 1 id. the sum to be deducted will be Sol t2s. 6d. 



^' \V"e are no\Y prepared to state the general account 



Z. s. d. 



Wool - . . , . , 



Store sheep sold - - - , 



Fat sheep - - - - . 



'fretting of rams - - - - . 



Turnips to two bulls 



Total 1623 I 



diminution of stock - 85 12 6 118 12 8 



This leaves a balance of - - I. 1504 8 6 

 ••' Which is 91 Is. 3d per acre ; or, if the 5241. 10s. iW 

 letting rams, be deducted, the balance will be 9791. 18s. bfi 

 which is 51. 18s. per acre. If the allowance of fiflydive 

 acres, for extra stock, as above stated, be thought too 

 great, the return pei- acre must suffer a proportionable 

 .abatement. 



