'• <mn to be kd with 201 ewes and 221 

 " lambs ; they were continued on the 

 " ground till the 10th of May. April the 

 '' ninth, eight acres of the catch-work part 

 " were stocked with sixteen coavs until the 

 " same time, taken into the yard by night, 

 " and fed with hay cut from the watered 

 *' mead the preceding year, when the whole 

 '•' was re-floated for a few days, and shut up 

 " for mowing. Mr. Beck omitted no op- 

 *' portunity of applying tlie water immedi- 

 " ately, as each part sufficient for the pur- 

 *' pose could be fed, and the stock kept 

 ** from it, by hurdles ; and by this manage- 

 " ment the early-fed parts were stocked a 

 *' second time before they were shut for 

 *' mowing at the period above stated." 



If the spring-feed of the above num- 

 ber of sheep and lambs be estimated 



at 



