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of weed, except nettles and thiftles, and confe- 

 quently eat to greater profit than any other 

 animal. The lofs in fheep is attended with 

 lefs lofs of property than generally attends the 

 Jofs of other animals which are accounted as 

 flock by the farmer: the fkin at every age is 

 of fome value; and fo is the flefli in many in- 

 ftances, when you have a careful and attentive 

 fhepherd. They are very prolific, and begin 

 breeding early. I have bought a drape-ewe 

 in September, and by the September following 

 with two lambs fhe paid clear profit 3/, 16^ 

 when fold to the butcher. 1 bought her in at 

 1/. 4^. She fold for 2/. 5^; the fleece for 5J. ; 

 the two lambs for 1/. 5^. eachj which together- 

 makes five pounds. Deducting then the origi- 

 nal coft of 1/. 4 s. I have a clear balance of 

 3/. i6j-. Two fuch ewes would bring 7/. i2j, 

 profit : one acre of good land would keep them, 

 and fufficient bite be left for a horfe or beaft 

 to defray all expences. 



By expending 2/. 8j. in the purchafe of two. 

 iheep, a clear profit may be gained of 7/. 12/. 

 I know of no other animal that will do as much 

 upon one acre of land with fo little rifque of 



capital ; 



