230 SHEEP. 15, 



The expence is thus calculated : thirty 

 fheep take eight pounds of butter 

 (/econds, thirds, or greafe), worth 

 on a par fourpence halfpenny a pound 3 o 

 One gallon of tar, cofting on a par i o 

 Labour 3 6 



7 6 



Five (hillings a fcore, or threepence a fheep, 



IV. MARKETS. Weft-Yorldhire is the prin- 

 cipal market for WOOL. Formerly, a manu- 

 faclory of coarfe woollen-cloth was carried on 

 in the eaflern Morelands ; but at prefent it is 

 almoft wholly laid afide. 



The following are the weights and values 

 of the fleeces of different breeds of fheep 

 in the Diftrict : 

 Morehnd ftore ewes, one and a half pound, 



at 4<1 6d each ! 

 aged wedders fatted in the Vale, 



two and a half pounds, 4d lod. 

 Ewes of the old Vale breed, fummered on a 



common, four pounds, at 6d 2s. 

 Two-fheer wedders of the fame breed, four 



and a half pounds, 2S. 6d. 



Ewes 



