Jaxvany 9, 1864] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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LEICESTERS AND LONGWOOL SHEEP. 
DELIVERED BEFORE THE ROYAL oai: 
m o OLLEGE, BY JOHN ALGERNON CLAR 
3 TTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. 
4 
LONG SUT 
ot my inter Ait tg n glo 
E uo a e of another 
be my pr redilec 
wal 
rify any one 
| rump, sharp as a hatch ; his skin rattling on his ribs, 
an ad his handle resembling pm of a ecu wrapped 
ent.” ha of the 
t you wouid call "ta 
) lba. a 
f pu 
8. = Cumberland, the L bell er 
the whole produse is annually sold off, just as crosse 
between Leicester and No: s Leicester. and South- 
down, &c., are so valuable to o 
poe — — ise border fair of St. Bothwell, 
xbur rghsh 
ly 
is no e Leicesters or crosses, 
p U l 
his secrets pretty much to himself; but we now 
from his results. th: at he must ‘have oheerven pa 
shire a 
n 
xternal charac 
pon 
wer 
n 
in the feeding-house or - 
county as we 
t| was distinguished bya 
niforml 
3 of an animal aud its properties of ready 
LI dispostilo u to fatten, early development, and larger 
p nt tne tien accumulation ‘of the t-grained meat, 
sel «b i 11 
"ety crossing with rare 
new Leicester 
d Brio necessary 
eq fixity o 
Fháder: its good properties perpet The new Bhs 
a gen 
bac. 
un 
vera. i squarene ss of outlin ne, a | 
k, 
for the bute i we Ard ao months old, Stm m w lb. to 22 Ib. 
an average wool. 
Mao. } 
are rump and fi eep shoulder, with r 
owever, to pleas 
There is 
1 
lowland | a 
ne | man, who likes a thick s 
olnshire 
vid 
regions t than you perceive between the xen eds of re 
m w pted to € locality. And as truly 
heil ui nor distinctio ons of climat 
u n di 
n coun 
ate, quiet eye, and long, thin, y 
1 ifi 
T| Its princip 
he eep 
tapering neck, a small head covered with eet ettn 
and clea n mnz zle, à 
was 
n fine, twist well turned, and its 
elt was en soft, and clastic, with a haw handling. 
in a want of size, 
lig ghtness of , Wool, and the compi arative want of fertility 
sh 
a mative sheep (though little "iidoring i 
qualities s) thr rives in the one me z 
pun ions of his ances try beca 
inured, 1 
Yee 
t 
ne acelim mm ise 
ed fi 
à fort and 
which fnommerah e| 
we o 
Bakewell joi ned with a few individuals in formiug 
the Dishley Society, the main object of which was to 
make a complete monopoly of the new breed, for which 
f 
squa: un dee 
much tendency. to the ** soda- — bottle, m "Rt sane | 
4 Yorkehine in y Lincolnshire and Paid geshire, 
and menos ershire, Warwickshire, and ds jer midle P 
cou 1e demand r rams for crossin 
ers to France, many 
to 
r 
other parts of the continent, an our pastoral 
colonies. 
(To be continued.) 
PROFITABLE FARMING. 
AH! but Mr. Mechi, farming is after all a very slow 
way of Saling money.—Yes, but it is a very quick way 
of losing it if you don't mind what you are about. 
Bat what do you mean, Mr, Mechi, by saying, “if you 
don’t Te - ou are about?” Well, I will tell 
1 distance is unable to me vnm "advantage 
a home re greatly its inferio for 
ut to of almost "M sedes Mode 
mations oe se varii achi wide 
dispersion of ior pene types aes some abori- 
ginal reread an oh pa sheers nat 
Wes r 
against the Fs de that "abor ^ E the | a 
wold, or 
wee the Cotswo 
is destined to E all ri 
vals 
found, and to gradually rier nar l the pastures in 
Scientific Qnem upon the pri Sie e n 
was unable o 
The practice of letting rams for the cain 
ollis her roni cly or mos (proba ably or riginated i 
ted b 
ap 
you any farmers whose capital is being 
Str iied, and io are on the road to poverty 
Lincolnshire), was ado Bal 
60, when he le 
M two or three 
old a few 
the rest T his f 
a PET. e 
1000 guineas f for the year 
for. tlie. use of which during oue season, Jo obta tained 
their pes st yield. 
a| il M t considerable 
ei, 
- — high. I farı 
" cellent residence an a: rake pde 
2l. per à 
minimum cr 
a unescapeable exp ense, 
that Tb elie 
0 to te lets to establish 
in new Siri y yield the et of profitableness 
to mois os 
“ts neig hbou u are 
while our sheep are 
hills, and will not attain 
pe our breed is famed. 
on 
adequ uate answer ed ever been given 
ion ** "Which i is the best breed of long-wool 
eg also that no discussion of the satire 
t oolled and eas descriptions of short- 
us bnt certain Mint of | 
h 
| sh 
third of the usual number of ewes for himself; the 
value of the ram for that season being thus rated at 
1200 guineas. 
The mi Society itself was about as mysterious 
pe affair gt pota Us 
bei: seen no password, gr ip, or sign, Res 
ton I. was, * Eleven subscribers, fochuding A Mr. Bake 
10 guineas each, 
recy 
edi of 
mee 
ociety kee s hon 
before he lett i ER 1795, a "hi is resolved t 
all be let he pe Semi 
hat n 
Er 
+ 1 
tev Bove 
‘eel the of 
us wil l ultim mately ceder nee 
A y vw Special characteristics of earl v 
od arly maturity 
Ü fecundity, quality of flesh, or es 
ed in its particular flocks. 
ig any comparison then, between | ca 
| eminence, I p er a few 
í the Leicester, the Cotswold, tl p 
eds of long-wool sheep. 
somew a cen si ce R bert 
of Dishley, near Lough rai My cher 
to experiment upon the sheep of his day 
» With the view of erin 
had feeding and ductive in mutton, animals 
ot Maple to ours m. The 
havin long, heavy, siemens durs ‘animal, 
a fra: meiden 
Ia his deg ng an and id thick, ter ter- 
* 
elevated md wild for cesters, are yet capable 
| sup mari ihe than atu ordinary m 
à cross py of 
| properties of a X Cheviot, while erem the lator 
in classes, at qs than 200 ri 
member shall sell any Cod p" to kill, 
an 10 guineas each. n 1796, « Resol 
that whoever deals ary vum —— aus pri the 
iety 50 guineas,” 
= and felon, uns and quickly ite ‘into. all peu 
= 
e kingdom, Whether into mga or ian ted Baldo tá 
districts. The breed 
m— to pe 
improve any d 
whether in x highly cultivated dem 
1 ns 
[^u Leicester ipe was to 
that 
Vg Not Neng have t 
been la crossed 
hened in vd É by r 
with eet ide thus vei Se, Bae in ian 
wool that land used to 
P 
nid of Manna à Tabo 
mber qu ung the | Wear and tear of carts and inplements:, E 
our, the transactions = and —— ed -— for e essc 8 
at noram d dier. red cleaning, fence trimming, &o. . 
pd aneo pett. expenses 
ved, 
Here is a list of expenses that must be incurred 
| whether you grow a half crop or a great crop. 
SARPO na ses, 
LI 
m 
MO OmOrt oi ioo LILLILI 
Ren 
Tithes, great and small 
Poor-rate finainding Polloe and County ate). T 
AM 
Chare! SU 
Loss ot yd by trees, hedges, ‘roads, waste, and 
poii ings a» 
oe 
oocout^ 
wwooo® 
© 
E t 
Losses by live stock | 
Depreciation of horses 
EA n ud loss of sacks 
oe founder, saddler, 
Seok pat vete- 
tmm des 
baske: 
Pop. oa 1.5 
e clothing, food, a dt other expenses of the 
farmer andhis pig the ideo cannot, with great economy, 
be put : at less than "These expenses often 
ly 75 to 
t 
and, 
on |85 per cent. on a full cro 
; how ar 
ona half crop, but only 
cent, 
Yes, but get a ful 
good ed road , by deep rd 
i quedrupe supply of ‘man 
M Abe your fr mg got I y selling 
ju rm (except 
the miller bau 
make up your min 
h of fat meat for every acre of d that. yo 
ini and I will promise you a success that you never 
carcase ond ready rope to MM hired Ba 
Cheviot and Leicester spe iE Blackface and 
is | Leicester, are found most successful in Scotland, Bed ike 
Well, posing that this tenant had to pay 8s. a 
acre oll, sopp drainage and roads, and sd r aere for 
loss om the ra making under 125. per acre for guano, 
bones, &c, I will promise. him that d crop shall 
promptly [Ac an average i of at least ' 37. per 
acre, or cent, profit on the a le I menti 
SE eb cyan 
it is ess on s h soils) the increase to 7l 
charges Ey í 
I 
tioned, I 
. I have ‘tried both w ed praci Iud Qd 
ys, and found that 
