on Merino Sheep and Wool. 53^ 



On the 18th of September, 1805, I sent 12 of my best ewes, a.shear and 

 upwards, which I shall call lot 1, to a 3-shear Merino ram of a large size, but of 

 unknown weight. 



On the same day, I sent 53 ewes, lot 2, of similar age with the former, but 

 scarcely equal to them in carcase, to my Merino-Ryeland shearling ram. No. 6^, 

 weighing 86^1b., whose father was a pure Merino. 



On the 14th of October, 30 ewes of somewhat inferior forms, lot 3, were put 

 to my shearling Merino-Ryeland ram, No. 44, weighing 7841b., with no nearer 

 cross of the Merino race than his great grandfather, which was the Spanish ram of 

 the late Marquis of Bath. 



On the 16th of June, 1806, I took 2 ram-lambs from lot 1, 4 from lot 2, and 

 2 from lot^^ ; those from the first two lots being exactly 4 months old, and those 

 from the third lot about 3 months. They weighed as follows : 

 Lot 1. lb. 



Lot 2. 



Lota. 



They were immediately weaned, and put with 186 other lambs of both sexes, of 

 which nearly 50 were rams, into natural grass, without any other food whatever. 

 On the gtJi of August following they were all clean-washed in arsenic water, but 

 not shorn. August 14th, their weights were as follows : 



3Z2 



