470 JOOD AND WOOL, 



FOOD.—WOOL, 



Mr. Johnson, of Thurning, remarks, that ling keeps 

 sheep very heahhy : he lias a farm at Holt, where it abounds 

 on the heath ; and he loses four sheep at Thurning to one 

 at Holt, which he attributes to the ling. 



Captain Be A CHER having 700 fatting sheep, and tur- 

 nips running short, put 200 of them to oars (not ground) ; 

 he found that the pra6\ice would not answer if oats were 

 more than 6s. per coomb, and then not for lon-er than six 

 weeks: they were fed on a pasture, and the improvement 

 of it very great. He thinks grey pease, or beans would 

 have answered much better. 



Mr. Money Hill, from the observations he has made, 

 is of opinion that the fleece being very fine, cannot be re- 

 garded as a sign of a thriving disposition. 



Mr. Hill's prices: 



1799 48s. a tod. 1 80 1 48s. 



1800 52s. 6d. 1802 51s. 6d. 

 Arrangement of Mr. Bevan's flock of 45 score 



South Downs : the tups are put to the ewes about the 

 tenth of September, for two months, being fed on the 

 layers and pastures, and are folded on the old layers for 

 wheat : after wheat-sowing they arc folded on the pastures 

 and layers till the time of yeaning, during which they lie 

 on the pastures without fold, and have tui nips thrown to 

 them, witli plenty of good hay. The fattening sheep arc 

 on turnips and hay from Michaelmas to the end of 

 March, followed by the hoggits. In April the couples 

 go to cole-seed in hurdles ; from cole to rye, from rye to 

 the new layers, if forward enough, otherwise to ihe wa- 

 ter-meadows, till the beginning of May, and from thence 

 to the new layers, being still in hurdles, with a good deal 



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