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fis£t:NTioNEB that there was no disadvantage in 
small sheep, that they eat in proporfbn 'to their 
size, where the breeds were equally good. I also 
added, that it appeared to me that the merinos were 
tnore thrifty than the common sheep. The follow¬ 
ing experiments made by Mr. Young, will eluci- 
dEVte this. He put up four rams of the following 
breeds. 
Ho. 1. Bakewell, weight aliye, 132 lb. 
No. 2. A shearling South-down, 132 1b. 
No. 3. Norfolk eight broad teeth, 144 lb. 
No. 4. A merino, do. 91 lb. 
In eleven days they eat as follows : 
No. 1. Cabbage 66 lb, bran 2 f pecks, chaff ^ 
peck, barley meal J peck. 
No. 2. Cabbage 75 lb. bran 2 ~ pecks, barley 
meal f of a peck and 1 ^ pint, chaff 1 peck. 
No. 3. Cabbage 84 lb. bran 3 pecks, barley 
meal ^ peck and 1 pint, chaff 1 peck. 
Nq. 4. Cabbage 49 lb. bran 2 pecks, barley 
meal ~ peck, chaff peck. 
This reduced to the ya}iie by a scale that he 
gives, stood thus : 
No. 1. Bakewell sheep eat - - 52 1- 
No. 2. South-down^ ? - . 52 
No. 3. Norfolkj - - - - 63 
No. 4, Mmao, 38 
Thus it appears that three merinos may be main^ 
tained 4 per cent, cheaper than two of the celebra- 
tedi South-downs^ The fleeces of the merinos 
