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WW oal.— The wool is worth, on an average of years in time of peace, 5d. a pound. Part of it is ſold to the ma- nufacturers of Kendall, and part of it to thoſé at Bradford, and other places in Yorkſhire. The ewes are ſaid to Bear the beſt wool; and on an average of à flock fix fleeces weigh a ſtone,

Silverdale Breed.——Silverdale, a ſmall diſtri&t in the

neighbourhood of Millthrope, gives its name to the breed

of ſheep in this part of the county. The ſoil is good, and on a limeſtone ſtratum, and a branch of the ſea is nearly contiguous to it. They are horned, white faced, and cloſe woolled. They are faid to be native, and are much ſuperior, to the common ſort, in regard both to fleece and carcaſe« At the ſale of a farmer’s ſock, in Otober 1793, the lambs of this breed brought 10s. 7d, a-piece, the dinmonds 17s. 1d. and the ewes at the age of three years and a half, 17s. 6d. or 17s. 8d. In the townſhips of Burton and Holme, where this breed is Kept, five fheep at an average yield a ſtone of wool, which is worth 8d. a pound. At a medium of the whole pariſh of Burton for eight years, from 1772 to 1779 in- clufve, it required ſix fleeces to weigh a ſtone.

It is not unuſual for the proprietor to be owner of the ſheep upon the farm. Tn this caſe the farmer is to be confidered as little better than a ſhepherd. The flock is valued at the time of his entry, and again at his removal, and the difference between theſe valuations is ſettled in moneys

Experiments.—1, Twenty Lincolnſhire Mugg ewes, that had been tupped by a ram-of Mr Bakewell’s breed, were brought into Weſtmoreland in the month of De- cember 1789, and lambed in February 1790. Theſe Mugg ewes were tupped in 1790 by a common Weſtmore-

land