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the better, will be provision enough, for they may 

 cost him more than they are worth. 



SELL LAMBS. 



Having set his own stock, he drives the rest of 

 the ewe lambs and all the wethers to the lamb fair; 

 and it will be satisfactory to him, in ascertaining 

 comparative prices, as well as for knowing the pro- 

 gressive state of his flock, to weigh and register 

 the weights of all. Let him also acquaint himself 

 by proper inquiries among his neighbours, of the 

 expences which ought to be incurred in driving, 

 hiring grass or stubbles, shepherd and assistants, 

 board, hurdles, &c. &c. 



If the fairs for the sale of lambs are later than 

 August, as in September, and even to Michaelmas, 

 as in some districts, great care must be taken to 

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

 sown rape, good grass of the right degree of bite, 

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

 crease their value. But to sell in August is more 

 beneficial. 



KEEPING ROUND. 



This term is not very expressive of its meaning, 

 but common among farmers, for describing a dif- 

 ferent sheep system, that of so proportioning the 

 number of ewes, as to keep all their produce for 

 the butcher. 'If he is in this system, his principal 

 object is to consider wether lambs as fatting Stock, 



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