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no horns, wool very short and fine, from ^ to 31bb 
sells by Id a pound higher than the rest, very har¬ 
dy and fit for hills.’ 
6 . Norfolk. Middle size, horns, long legs, black 
faces and legs, wool 3 to 4 lb. 
7. ' Nantsi Do. but longer legs,- and not so" clear 
in the bellies, do. food. 
8 . Mountain, viz. Wales and north. Very 
small, indifferent ^dol tb 1 lb. long legs, horns. 
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What is the proper food for sheep at different 
seasons ? 
Tn summer common grass, clover ; in winter 
turnips; from turnips, some to tares (Vetches) in 
the spring before the grass is ready^ this the uni¬ 
versal practice. 
The most common diseases are, 
1 . Rot—P roceeding from springy ground.^ 
Symptoms—The red membranes of the eyeleds 
look white, gums the same, the parts on each sidb 
of the udder loose the Waxy quality which always 
adheres to these parts When in health, and the wool 
peels off; in the Extreme of the disease, a swelling 
under the throat : When they have this disease^ 
they die instantly when put to turnips* The dis¬ 
ease resembles the jaundice in the human species, 
the liver being affected and full of insects like fldun^ 
ders.—Remedy ; when suspected, put to dry food. 
Owing to black gravelly land where pennyroyal 
grows, by pond sides, and gravel pits, and water 
