a8 MINUTES AUG. 



I 7. The 2Oth September put a fcorc of long- 



SHEEP. vvooled ewes of different ages to a Leicefter- 



fhire ram, and a fcore of Norfolk ewes to a 

 Norfolk ram. Being in rather low condi- 

 tion, few of them took the ram till the begin- 

 ning of October. 



The i9th of October put twenty-three long- 

 wooled and forty Norfolk ewes to the fame 

 rams, keeping the two breeds feparate. 



The zoth of November put the fame rams 

 to a fcore of each fort referved for the pur- 

 polo. 



The early lambs were much the {louteft 

 and beft for florcs ; and grafs lamb was out of 

 feafon before the late ones were fit for the 

 knife. 



But the crones * which took the ram early 

 were not able to fupport their lambs in winter : 

 for grafs was fcarce, and they could not break 

 turneps. 



Therefore, this year, all the young ewes 

 have been put to the rams a week ago, and all 

 the old ones are intended for the butcher 

 before this year's grafs be gone : for in 

 a country where turneps are the principal 

 fpring food, crones appear to be unprofitable 

 flock. 



Crones old ewes which have loft their fore teeth. 



AUGUST 



