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trlO: : kept grafs is chiefly depended upon, 

 as the fcod of fuckhng Ewes. Turneps 

 are Ibmetimes given to them; but it is 

 found, here, as in other places, that although 

 Turneps furnifli a flufli of milk, and are 

 beneficial to the Lambs, they do not, at the 

 fame time, afford fufhcient nourifliment to 

 the Ewes ; which never fail to fmk in flefli, 

 when fed on Turneps alone. If, however, 

 a fmall quantity of hay were added, tq 

 correal the ladefcent quality of the Tur- 

 neps, this objediion to them, as the food of 

 fucklingEwes, would no longer lie. 



The ufual time of weanimg lames 

 is May or June ; except for tjie late dropt 

 Lambs, whofe dams did not take the Ram 

 in due feafon. Thefe are fuffered to run 

 with the Ewes, and, if dropt very late, as iiii 

 April, are generally configned to the But- 

 cher. 



%^;t. May not a long continuance qf 

 the pradrice of breeding from the early 

 dropped Lambs, and killing off thofe which 

 are lambed later in the feafon, have afli/lcd 

 in giving the remarkable propenfity or habit, 



peculiar 



