414 -D'"' Parry's Essay on the Nature, Produce, Origin^ 



To 125 male lambs he distributes, 



C Clover T equal parts weighing "1 lb. 



.St at 6 in the morning ^^.j^^pp^j^j^^^ j> English about J - 87* 



2dly at 10 Ditto Ditto Sj^ 



3dly at i in the afternoon Hay - ... ....- 6y^ 



, , f Chopp d straw --.------. . izi 



4thly at 4-. •----•} '^'^ ^ ' 



*■ Potatoes - 1 3°i 



Sthlyat6 ..----- Chaff of corn 



1 001 



S25t 



Which makes nearly 4ilb. per diem to each lamb. 



To 100 ewes, 



- . , . f Clover and chopped straw; 1 lb; 



ist at m the morning - - - •< f 



L the former being about ^ J . - - 75^ 



2dly at 10 Ditto 75J 



jdly at I in the afternoon . - - • Clover ---.. ... . 109 



c Chopped straw f 



■ ^^^'y^' ^ {potaioe, } '" 



5thlyat 6 .-.--.----. Chaff of corn 8i| 



Which amounts to nearly 51b. each daily. 



The proportion of food to each chilver lamb is about 41b. and to each ram 

 and wether nearly 61b. 



The Comte de Magnis never gives his sheep corn, which he considers as too 

 expensive. He looks upon potatoes as equally beneficial with oats, and four times 

 as cheap. His sheep eat, during the winter, as much salt as they choose ; which 

 amounts to nearly Zj hundred weight to each 100 sheep. 



His flock, before shearing, is washed according to the common method of the 

 country ; which consists in making them leap from a low bridge, and swim across 

 a river. 



The war with Austria prevented M. Lasteyrie from visiting that country, and 

 some other parts of Germany ; and, therefore, caused a dearth of information 

 respecting their Spanish flocks. He tells us, however, that the Empress Queen 

 Maria Theresa exported from Spain, in the year 1775, 300 Merinos, which were 

 placed at Mercopoil, in Hungary, where a school for shepheiys was founded, and 

 instructions published for the treatment and improvement of the fine-woolled 

 breed. 



