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faturated at the time 'of lambing, left, in the 

 interim of preparation, the lamb be flinted or 

 flarved. 



Another praflice to which attentive breeders 

 pay due regard is, that of trimming provin- 

 cially, " docking" breeding-ewes; as early 

 in the fpririg as the ftate of the weather will 

 permit. I have feen the bags of ewes (of the 

 modern breed) fo heated with the dung and 

 urine which hung about them, as to be- 

 come chafed to running fores. The bag 

 ought to be trimmed a few weeks before 

 lambing (when the ewes are put to frefh 

 keep), and the tail and buttocks as foon as 

 warm weather fet in; 



GEN. OBSERV. ON REARING. To render 

 the breeding of fheep profitable, much at- 

 tendance and attention is requifite. A few 

 ewes, therefore, cannot be worth the notice 

 of any man, except a fmall pains-taking 

 farmer, who has little elfe to attend to. 1 

 have feen more labour and attention thrown 

 away upon a fcore of ewes than their whole 

 f>rdduce was worth. A ewe-flock large 

 enough to employ a {hepherd^ is, in many 

 foliations, the moil profitable ftock* 



III. TREAT- 



