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feet from each other, to take water from each 

 descent. 



BUY IN SHEEP. 



If there is not a regular flock kept upon the 

 farm, the annual purchase may be supposed to take 

 place at fairs towards the end of August, or all 

 through September; and the sort most commonly 

 bought is wether lambs, and I believe more profit- 

 ably 'than any other. They used to be had for J5s. 

 iu the breads of Norfolk, the South Down, and 

 others of a similar size; but of late years they 

 have risen to 20s. and even higher. There are 

 two systems of keeping them ; one is, to put them 

 to the very highest keep, and push them by every 

 means to sell as soon as possible; the other, and I 

 believe the more advantageous method, is to keep 

 pretty well till March, and then to full keep, and 

 begin to sell in harvest, continuing till September 

 or Michaelmas, and then clearing all. In this way 

 I have often known the purchase-money doubled, 

 besides the fleece. Sometimes much more is done, 

 but this may be looked for on an average of years. 



BREED OF SHEEP. 



In buying in the wether lambs mentioned in the 

 preceding 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- 

 bpurhood. At present, such has been the spirit of 



making 



