1805.] Paztorius on the Breed of Sheep- 151 bigger than a common daisy, and in that State, remained till Jast week, wben I cut the whole for bay, and found a most abundant produce en either Side, wbile not the smallest at- tempt at a Swarth, could possibly be made from this deter- minedly idle Spot of land. The term idle, may indeed be properly applied, for not even a weed of any magnitude bas been produced these two last Summers upon It.
L was induced, Mr. Editor, to mention this circumstance to your friends, who are in the habits of recommending lime- "Tney probably will'be able to Solve the difhculty under which I labour, and point out the error in which my experiment has been perhaps'nvolved.) When I wrote to you last, and mentioned my wisSh to hear from Farmer Sandy, and others upon lime, it wholly esScaped me to mention this;(Lshall be happy to hear their Sentiments upon it 1 am, Sir, yours,&
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P. S. The soil[ cultivated is a tolerably good mixed Soil, ratber light aud Sandy, but of a brown hazel colour, with clay below at the depth of five or SIX feet. The immediate Sub-S011, 15 a Sandy, reddisb-coloured, bad kind of brick-earth.
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PASTORIUS ON THE BREED OF SHEEP. To. tlw Editor of the Agricultural Magazine.
SIR, EE in your last Magazine, that the first paper of Agricola Northumbriensis, on the relative advan- tages of the turnip and potatoe culture, has induced my op- ponent, Mr. Bartley, to request an armed truce, 1 Shall not at present, address myseltf to bim, or disturb those meditations which appear necessary to the preparation of means of de-
fence agaiust his new antagonist. But while Lthus agree to wait a month or two for his reply
to my last communication, ere 1 make any remarks on his paper in your last number,(but little of which Seems to aP“ p1y to the matter in dispute between bim and myself) 1 must beg leave, in defence of my own description of Merino Sheep, 10 call the attention of your readers to those exhibited at bis Majesty's late sale. They will See in your account, that their << gncouth appearance, bad carcases, prominent Shoulders and hip-bones, and the fears expressed, that in the pursuit of this breed we would lose„all the advantages of carcase without obtaining an adequate encouragement in wool,&C."