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288 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

land ram, and the dinmonds produced by this croſs have turned out the beſt ſheep in the county, and weigh from 18 Ibs. to 20 lbs. a quarter, and are thought to be ſuperior to thoſe of the firſt breed.

2d. Six of the lambs produced from the tup of Mr Bakewell’'s breed and the Mugg ewes, were rams. Four of theſe rams were put to ewes of the common breed in the county, and the lambs ſprung from this croſs are much of the ſame fze as the ordinary breed; but they are broader on the back, and finer in the wool. As the experiment has not'yet been long tried, it muſt be left to time to ſhow what the reſult will be. i

3d. The lambs produced by the Lincolnſhire ewes, and their own lambs of February 1790, are not ſo ſtrong as theſe lambs of 1790, which the ſhepherd is diſpoſed to attribute to a ſcarcity of food in the Spring, rather than to any defect in the breed.

ath. Thirty of this breed were left unſalved in 179+; they were in good condition, and had no ſcabs Theſe ſame“ were again left unfalved in 1792, and broke out in ſcab early in 1793- It muſt be remarked, that the ſheep at the time of ſalving in 1792 were not in ſuch condition as in 1791 z ſo that it does not appear, from this experi- ment, that there is any neceffity for ſalving ſheep in good condition.

cth, The Lincolnſhire ewes do not carry ſo much wool, nor is it of ſuch a good quality, as when they were brought into the county.

SECT. 3— Horſes.

As there is but a ſmall portion of the county under crop, the horſes are not numerous, nor has any confider- able attempt been made to improve the breéèd of theſe uſeful animals. They are ſmall, nôt exceeding fourteen hands and a half in height, are ſaid to be hardy, but they

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