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As to Shearing-time, I think the latter end of May 
or beginning °f June the beft, as to Health, t ho’ not 
for the Profit of Wool. 
Sheep thrive better after they are fhorn than be- 
iore ? and if the latter end of the Summer be dry and 
hot, there is but little Grafs ; if wet, and the Sheep 
newly fhorn, they will be cold and uneafie, and the 
Grafs nounfhes ’em but little. Sheep well kept in 
the beginning of the Year will be much better able 
t0 f° rc ro ' a ^ arc ^ ^ eaPon > which often happens in the 
en n 0 v Su '!l I ] ier ’ in ^ u s u fi an <* September, as Cows 
!!, 1 r l* £ j kept) S ive ™re Milk in Summer than 
thole hardly kept. 
If the Summer prove wet ahput June ovjuly, mind 
whether your Field is fubjeft to the Rott or no, for 
Wet is a much greater Foe to Shepp than Drought, 
tho Extreams of both are bad ; therefore let your* 
Sheep continue, in the Fold till 7 or 8 in the morn- 
ing, or longer if the morning is moift, for by that 
time the Sun may have exhal’d the moift Vapours, fo 
the Grafs will be more wholfome, and by lying ftill, 
their Stomachs will be the better. Alfo obfe?ve to 
fold your Sheep before the Dew falls, and that will 
prevent. many Incbnveniencies. Sheep care not for 
feeding.in a morning while the Dew is on the ground 
except m times of fcarcity, and then they fhould be 
fed wnh dry Food as Hay, Corn, S5V. or kept faffing. 
Thefe Ru cs obferv’d, will prevent any Diftempers 
Sheep are fubjeft to, the greateft part whereof are oc- 
cafion d thro’ want of Order and Skill, as heats, colds, 
over-wet Weather, being folded on new-plow’d moift 
Grounds, or for want of a little Hay in the latter end 
of Summer, as July, Augufl, a ^September, when tl e 
Weather proves wet and cold. 
And tho your Pafturage wijl Pot rot Sheep, yet it 
may and does often caufe oth«r fatal Difeafes 6 f the 
Gall, Jaundice, Choler, and Sicknefs coming of tough 
Phlegm, Aafer in the Belly, Redwater, Coughs, pain 
in the joints, lamends in the Feet, and many others’? 
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