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SHEEP. 533 for gorged, or hoven, cattle. It has been rematked by one or two grazers, that it is. not:the wet,. or dewy state of te herbage, which does the mischief, in this case, according to the old opinion: I am clear it is not; but the quantity merely, or the stale quality, if mowed; the stomach isso filled and dis- tended, as to be incapable of contraction, and of its usual functions. For wounps, mix tar, turpen- tine, fresh butter, and a little brandy.

Lambs should be kept perfectly clean behind, and under the belly; and, particularly, ewes should be well-trimmed and cleaned in the udder. Infine, the fleece of the whole flock ought to be ina neat, clean, and sighty condition. With good winter- care, SMEARING, OF SALVING Can be of no use. For the purpose of marking, Sir Joseph Banks has invented a metal, from w high the wool receives no damage.

nee already hinted at the facts stated by a ce- lebrated Frenchman, respecting SPANISH WOOL; the facts are farther, or rather fully confirmed, by an official advertisement, of May 24, 1800, from Lucien Bonaparte, Minister of the Interior, in France, which at the same time, gave notice of a sale of two hundred and twenty ewes and rams, of the finest-woolled Spanish breed; part of the stock kept on the NATIONAL FARM of Rambouillet; also of two thousand pounds of superfine wool, being the present year’s clip of this national stock; and of one thousand, three hundred pounds of wool, the produce of the mixed breeds of sheep kept at the menagerie at Versailles.

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