212 



Comparative Profit realized ivith 





£^ 



o 





S 



o s 





Description of 



_> ^ 



Fie 



Sheep. 



o, £2 Cm 



e ^ 





S ^.^ 

 c 







U 



<i 







lbs. 



Ootswold. • . . 



1 no 



5 to 7 



Leicesters . . 



105 



4 to 6 



Hampshire Down 



115 



3 to 5 



Pure South Downs 



120 



2 to 4 



Cross-bred . • 



115 



4 to 6 





Average weight of 

 Teg Fleece. 





Present Market 

 Value of Ewe 

 Fleece. 



Present Market 

 Value of Teg 

 Fleece. 



o « l2 



S <u o § 



Present Value in 

 Smithfleld Market. 



7 



lbs. 

 to 10 



per lb. 



l^d. 



per lb. 

 16fZ. 



St. lbs. 



10 or SO 



per 8 lbs, 

 3s. IQd. 



5 



to 



8 



15ic/. 



IGfif. 



8^ or 68 



2s. lOfZ. 



5 



to 



7 



\^d. 



18c?. 



8i or 68 



4s. 4(7. 



3 



to 



6 



l^d. 



18^6?. 



7^ or 60 



4s. 6cZ. 



5 



to 



8 



16ic/. 



18(f. 



9i or 7G 



4s. 4(f. 



It is nearly twenty years since I began crossing between the 

 Southdown and Cotswold sheep, and with the ordinary skill of 

 sheep-farming I find no difficulty to keep the form and size 

 of the animal as it should be, the wool of a valuable quality 

 and not deficient in quantity ; and I maintain that the good 

 qualities can be better secured by employing the cross-bred 

 animals on both sides than by using the first cross. I know of 

 other farmers who can affirm what I now assert. 



It is a well-known fact that the layer and situation are of great 

 importance to a Hock, and the land I farm, which is of variety of 

 soils, from the strong clay to the burning gravel, seems parti- 

 cularly adapted to this improved cross-breed sort. 



It may be well to state the different kinds of food that are 

 grown on the ^' variety of soils," in order to keep them on the 

 arable land. 



In January, swedes or turnips. In July, summer vetches and clover. 



February, the same. August, rape and vetches. 



March, the same, and mangold. September, rape and early turnips-. 



April, mangold, rye, and vetches. October, early turnips. 



May, trefolium, vetches, and trefoil. November, turnips. 



June, vetches and clover. December, turnips and swedes. 



The ewes generally run over tlie pastures from November 

 to January, when they are brought to the yard for lambing ; 

 they are fed on the best bay and roots, and sent in the ploughed 

 fields as soon as the lambs get strong. 



I remain, dear Sir, 



Yours faithfully, 



Samuel Druce. 



, Eynsham^ May 26th, 1853, 



