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Geo. CuUey, in 1794, gave the following synopsis of the different 

 breeds of sheep 



Wm. Dickenson, in 1852, gave the weight of the Herdwick fleece 

 as varying between 2^ and 3I lbs. 



Lucock computed that there were 223,725 short-wooled 

 sheep in Westmorland in 1800, the fleeces of which averaged 3^ lbs. 

 each, but Pringle put the weight of an average stock at six fleeces 

 to a stone of 17 lbs. In 1828 J. Hubbard gives the average weight 

 of the Westmorland fleece at 5 lbs., which, even allowing for the increase 

 due to the introduction of the Leicester for crossing purposes and the 

 consequent improvement in the fleece, would appear to be much 

 too high. J. and J. Hubbard, of Bradford, estimated for the 

 years 1867-69, taking the average number of sheep for those years, 

 one year old and above, in the county at 218,416, that in Westmorland, 

 with its various breeds of sheep, the average weight of the fleece was 

 5 lbs., giving a total wool product of 1,092,000 lbs. 



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