) 314. On Spanisk Sheep, and their Wool.,[Nov 18 t% j j are 5atiSfied. And in proportion as experiments are multiplied, pr |) 1 have 66 doubt the data will be confirmed and established. flo | Appealing 40 men of experience on the Subject, I have ad- tb vänced some facts, which if tolerably correct, would tend to ye "j Prove the great advantage of extending the breed of Spanizh| * Sheep in this country; particularly that they produce wool of pc ' a ſfiner quality, and greater in quantüty than English Sheep; pe ) meaning'by the latter in proportion to the weight of. the pc | animal, or from equal quantities of pasture. These facts, in-| qe | deed, are not diflicult to be ascertained, requiring only a mo- 1.50077| derate portion of time and attention. ä A circumstance, however, which is pretty generally known, m || ought well tobe considered; namely, that more than qne 5% class of individual3 are naturally interested in disparaging; this vw measure of improvement; at the Same time I am aware that.|& || Similar motives„of personal interest may be objected to Some, fe || of those who art advocates for fine wooled Sheep. It 1s for the| 1| public to appreciate and decide, the means are obvious and at p ||| band.+ Mercator rightly observes,“ that the quality of the" | wool depends almost wholly on the ram," most certainly il is p | S0. It 1s a circumstance well known to all breeders, that the T zwhole of the improvement depends upon it; and it is this that 3 in all my remarks, 1 have endeavoured to inculcate, that it T q x must be effected by repeated crossings, in and in, by the Spa- pt nish ram, to the fourth and fifth generation. When as[ noticed 1 11,4 before, the quality ot the wool and general resemblance are N | SUpposed to become stationary, equal to the origina] Spanish, H | and as Such the individuals thus produced, ougbt then to be* 1) employed In further extending the propagation, namely, as. 6 || Spanish Sheep. th |' 1 presume it must have been an error of the press, where I 4 | am made to 5ay that the fleece or Spanish Sheep, will Some- N | times exceed 17 Ib. In a former letter I mentioned, a Six| 5 0 tooth wetber, as having produced a fleece weighing 10: 1b."DS which" has Since been slaughtered, its carcase proved to be M Something less than. 161b. per quarter. Now it need Sscarcely N ; be mentioned, that coarse wooled sheep of double the weight, ; will Seldom produce a fleece equal in weight to that of this we-& ther..: b Admitting an acre of pasture would Support five Sheep only n of this description in a breeding state,(one ot your Ccorres-! h | poudents contends that it will Support four of the largest breed| in the country, 1. e. tbe Lincoln,) and estimating the value at uo more than the price ot the finest English, i. e. the Ryeland, or 28. per 1b. the produce in wool would then amount to up- | j wards öf five pound per acre. Perhaps it way be objected to this Statement, that a Selected;

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