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of 14 lb. to the ftone. I remember one, a few 

 years fince, of 80 ftone, which was reckoned very 

 large. I apprehend, that the home-bieds may, in 

 general, be made to average rather more, in weight, 

 than the Scotch ; and, to fhow what they may be 

 brought to, I have authority to ftate, that Mr. 

 Edward Betts, of Moulton, near Long Stratton, 

 3aft year fold a five-year old bullock, of his own 

 breeding, for ^35, the weight of which was 99 

 ftone, 6 lb. at 14 lb. to the ftone, befides 15 ftone, 

 8 lb. of fat. 



The fheep come next under confideration ; and 

 here it is neceifary to premife, that great part of 

 this county is known to have been, within the 

 fpace of a century, a wild, bleak, unproductive 

 country, comparatively with what it now is ; full 

 half of it was rabbit-warrens and (beep-walks ; 

 the fheep were as natural to the foil as the rabbits, 

 being hardy in their nature, and of an agile con- 

 fhuclion, fo as to move over a great deal of fpace 

 with little labour. When great traces of this land 

 were brought into a better ftate of cultivation, the 

 Norfolk fheep gave great aid to the new improve- 

 ment, as they fetched their fuftenance from a con- 

 fiderable diftance, and anfwered penning as well as 

 any fheep whatever. Folding became in high 

 eftimation, and, aided by marling, brought the im- 

 provement of the country rapidly forward. Soon 

 after, the turnip fyftem followed, which enabled 



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