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SHEEP, 



THERE ARE FEW large flocks kept 



in the VALE. Tjie farms are chiefly {mall, 

 and the commons are now moftly inclofed, 

 Alrnoll every farmer, however, keeps a few ; 

 fo-that, on the whole, the number kept is 

 considerable. 



The general economy of fheep is here very 

 simple. Every man, let his number be great 

 or fmall, rears his own flock : his flore-flocli 

 (in the inclofed parts of the Vale) confifting 

 of ewes, hoggards,-r-and fheerling wed- 

 clers j his returns being in fat lambs, two- 

 fbeer wedders, (lean or fatted on turneps, 

 hay,. &c.) and aged ewes. In the richer parts 

 of the Vale fheerling wedders are fatted. 



But in the MORELANDS, and upon the 

 heights of the northern margin, where confi-. 

 Arable flocks are kept j efpecially in the 



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