of different Breeds of Sheep. 
Table XX. 
81 
Years. 
Prime South 
Downs. 
Prime Coarse- 
wooUed Sheep. 
1840 
1841 
1842 
1843 
1844 
1845 
1846 
1847 
1848 
1849 
d. 
11 
0 
d. 
6 
8 
4 
0 
3 
10 
4 
1 
10 
10 
Average of 10 years 
104 
Now, if we take our Sussex sheep as " prime South Downs,"" 
our Leicesters and Cotswolds as " prime coarse-woolled sheep,"^ 
and our Hampshires and cross-breds as intermediate between the 
two, we have the average relative price per stone of 8 lbs. of our 
six lots of mutton, as given in the following Table (XXI.). It 
may, perhaps, be objected by some, that Cotswold mutton, from- 
its large size, should not be taken at quite so high a rate as the 
Leicester ; but we are disposed to think that if brought as early 
to the butcher as the liberal system of feeding we are supposing 
implies, the former would, in ordinary markets, fetch an equal 
price per stone with the latter. However, as the data and plan 
upon which our estimates are framed will be fully before the 
reader, he can easily amend our figures and carry out the calcula- 
tions on this or any other point as he may think fit. 
Table XXI. 
Description of Sheep. 
Average Price per 
Stone of 8 lbs. to 
sink the offal. 
s. d. 
4 lOi 
4 8 
4 8 
4 8 
4 5i 
4 5| 
In the following Table (XXII.) we have computed from the 
weekly lists given in ' The Economist ' the average prices per 
lb. of different descriptions of wool (in fleeces), taken from the 
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