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to a to(l. He Ictts from 35 to 40 tups annually, at from 

 five to ten guineas, and a few from filteen to twenty. 



Mr. H. Blythe, of Burnham, has been for three 

 years entirely in the South Downs; clips lOOO; a stock 

 greater than ever he kept of Norfolks, the comparison 

 fairlv made: his flock averaged 3|lb. of wool this year; 

 his Norfolks never exceeding zflb. 



Mr. DuRSGATE has had South Downs six years, and 

 is clear that, free from all change in husbandry, or other 

 circumstance that would unfairly afFctSl the comparison, 

 the number kept, compared with Norfolks, has been as five 

 to four. The carcasses as heavy as the Norfolks; more 

 •wool, and at a better price. He does not fold ; but the 

 South Downs would bear it better than the Norfolks. At 

 Palsgrave, he folds the South Downs, because there is a 

 sheep-walk — a Norfolk flock changing gradually to South 

 Downs. 



Mr. RisHTON, at Thornham, South Downs, and ap- 

 proved very greatly of the breed ; from 250 acres of land, 

 sold off^ a thousand pounds worth on quitting the farm. 



Mr. DoDMAN, at Thornham, South Downs. 



Mr. Styleman, at Snettisham, keeps 2000 of various 

 breeds. South Downs, New Leicesters, and half and half; 

 in number considerably more than when, on the same 

 land, he kept Norfolks : his farm may, and probably does, 

 produce more sheep-food than it did at that time ; but he 

 is perfeflly clear in the great superiority of the number, 

 this circumstance dedudted, and that the profit is consi- 

 derably greater. Clear also in the sr.p rrior hardiness and 

 kindliness of feeding of the new breeds. Of all cross 

 breeds, he thinks the first cross of the Leicester tup on 

 the Norfolk ewe the best, and that wool now (1802) sells 

 at 46s. a tod ; fleeces 41b. 



Mr. GoDDisoN folds Lord Cholmondeley's flock 



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