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ewes are put to the ram early in September, and lambing com- 
mences the first week in February. The sheep are prolific, and 
the produce this year consisted at weaning time of 190 lambs 
in very healthy condition. Not a single casualty occurred at 
lambing time in the spring of the present year, although 3 ewes 
unfortunately died in the winter. The lambs are weaned very 
early, as I have before noticed, and, after being drenched as 
described above, are settled on the young seeds, when they soon 
begin to eat Watkins's corn-cake, malt-dust, or other artificial 
food. 
Mr. Stilgoe is very particular that the lambs, under no cir- 
cumstances, follow old sheep on the seeds or pastures ; and to this 
precaution he probably owes some of his success as a breeder. 
About October the lambs go on swedes which are cut for 
them ; their allowance now is 2 ounces cake, some malt-dust, 
and a pint of grains a day. (The latter, being easily obtainable 
from the large breweries at Stratford, are somewhat largely 
consumed on Clopton Farm.) This allowance is gradually 
increased as the winter comes on and spring approaches ; and 
in May we found the tegs eating 1 pint of maize, ^ lb. of linseed- 
cake, and a small quantity of malt-dust, besides unlimited cut 
mangolds (the swedes being b}' that time finished). This appa- 
rent prodigality of food is amply justified by the results. All 
the lambs put on turnips are expected to be sold off fat as tegs, 
with the exception of the ewe tegs for breeding purposes, and 
about 15 ram tegs selected with the same object. The harvest 
time has now come, and the crop should be uniformly ripe. A 
lot of grand sheep now leave the clipper's hands every week, and 
we had the pleasure of seeing in May some tegs, which at the 
following market made 85s. 6rf. each out of the wool. The wool 
averages 8 lbs. a fleece. 
Sheep are bought in regularly for grazing according to the capa- 
bilities of the farm, and sold off fat ; and altogether from 500 to 
600 sheep per annum find their way to the butcher. A stock- 
book is kept, and notes compared with the shepherd on the first 
of each month. 
jNIr. Stilgoe is a frequent competitor with a few picked wethers 
of his own breed, at the Exhibitions of the Midland Counties, 
and can generally show a few of these fine sheep, which, for 
size, quality, and evenness of feeding, are not easily excelled. 
At Christmas, 1874, he took the first prize for the best pen of 
short-wooUed sheep at the Stratford Show. These sheep also 
took the Town Cup for the best pen in any of the classes. They 
realised 6/. 2s. 6(1. each. The stock of sheep upon the faim at 
the time of our three inspections was as follows : — 
