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butchers,  who  are  willing  to  give  a penny  per  lb.  more  for  this 
cross  than  for  fat  Leicester  mutton.  In  January  we  found  : — 
303  Ewes  in-lamb. 
564  Wether  and  gimmer  hoggs. 
141  Fat  sheep. 
6 Rams. 
Total  ..  1014 
All  these  sheep  were  eating  turnips  in  one  field.  The  ewes 
were  going  behind  the  hoggs  and  fat  sheep.  Though  the  weather 
had  been  wet,  the  whole  of  them  seemed  to  be  doing  well. 
On  our  visit  in  May  we  found  : — 
557  Ewe  and  wether  hoggs. 
247  Ewes  with  324  lambs. 
37  Geld  ewes. 
Total  . . 841 
The  ewe  and  wether  hoggs  and  the  geld  ewes  were  in  one 
lot  eating  cut  swedes.  Those  fat  were  to  be  sold  off  the  shears 
when  the  turnips  were  finished.  The  ewes  had  not  been 
fortunate ; there  was  a heavy  percentage  of  weakly  lambs  and 
too  many  barren  ewes.  This  the  Judges  attributed  to  the  big 
turnip  crop  and  want  of  dry  food.  The  ewes  were  on  the  seed 
pastures  and  looking  well. 
On  the  7th  of  July  we  found  : — 
245  Ewes  suckling  322  lambs. 
129  Shearling  gimmers  for  breeding. 
133  Feeding  shearlings. 
Total  . . 507 
302  shearlings  had  been  sold  off  the  shears,  and  realised 
65s.  1 \d.  each.  Ewes  with  couples  and  the  feeding-sheep  were 
getting  cake  on  the  pastures. 
Cattle. — In  January  we  found  a lot  of  28  Irish  bullocks  feeding 
in  a large  open  fold.  Two  of  the  same  lot  were  in  a box  ; the 
30  cost  22/.  each  in  November.  They  were  a good  lot,  and 
most  of  them  were  fit  for  market. 
Another  yard  held  10  fat  Irish  heifers,  which  had  been  bought 
the  previous  July  at  8/.  15s.,  and  were  now  valued  at  201.  each. 
They  were  fed  with  cut  swedes  the  first  thing  in  the  morning, 
one  linseed-cake  each  at  noon,  turnips  about  3 o’clock,  and  a 
small  feed  of  hay  at  night,  with  straw  ad  libitum. 
The  numbers  of  the  cattle  at  the  time  of  our  several  inspec- 
tions were  as  follows  : — 
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